How to convert an UTF String to ANSI and Create an ANSI text file in ExternalSD with JAVA-ANDROID
android, cp1252, java, utf-8
Solution
Strings are represented within the JVM as Unicode. When you write it out, you need to convert it to an appropriate character set.
To do this, use an `OutputStreamWriter` and specify the `Charset`.
OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(file, true),
"windows-1252");
writer.append(textBody);
writer.close();
Regarding your first question:
I think I know that to convert Strings to ANSI I should use: `String unicode = new String(asciiBytes, "windows-1252");` Is that correct?
Given an array of bytes representing characters in the 'windows-1252' character set, this code will construct you the appropriate Java String (internally represented as Unicode within the JVM). This isn't "converting Strings to ANSI" ... it's doing the opposite: converting 'windows-1252' to Unicode.
Problem
I wrote a android app in java to get user answers and save them in a file. The problem is that this file is saved in utf-8. The end user will open these files in the IBM SPSS, an application for windows that can read files only in ANSI (windows-1252). How do I create files in ANSI code to save in a SD card from java-android app? I think I know that to convert Strings to ANSI I should use: ``` String unicode = new String(asciiBytes, "windows-1252"); ``` Is that correct? My code to save the file is this: ``` File interviewFile = new File(placeOfSDD, fileName); FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(interviewFile, true); writer.append(textBody); writer.flush(); writer.close(); ``` "textBody" is the String to convert to ANSI, and the "interviewFile" is the file to be saved as ANSI too. Thanks for the help!!