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Khushal Khan Liwal
Khushal Khan Liwal

Reputation: 77

Are all the Unicode characters supported on Android

My question is simple. Are all Unicode characters available in Android? I actually am using the soft keyboard and I want to add a few arabic letters which I can't find the codes for.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 6604

Answers (3)

billygoat
billygoat

Reputation: 21984

Android supports UTF-8 but you will not be able to use arabic, if it's not installed in your OS. There are ways to install new fonts, but some of them needs jailbreaking your phone.

See link for installing font in Android:

https://web.archive.org/web/20091023103506/http://www.android-devs.com/?p=33

Upvotes: 3

user2112016
user2112016

Reputation: 21

add font (.ttf) containing characters to /system/fonts, modify /system/etc/fallback_fonts.xml so android finds font then reboot. Everything should be working now

Upvotes: 2

NandVoid
NandVoid

Reputation: 75

It does not appear so. This open issue on the android code site lists many missing characters.

Upvotes: 3

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