# Special characters on android mode -- encoding problem

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/special-characters-on-android-mode-encoding-problem/1994>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [July 22, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/special-characters-on-android-mode-encoding-problem/1994 "2018-07-22T23:18:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tiago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tiago](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Tiago)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/special-characters-on-android-mode-encoding-problem/1994/21 "2018-07-30T09:10:08Z")

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The solution has been given by @neilcsmith !!

How can I close this topic?

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**Author:** ![neilcsmith](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/neilcsmith/32/144_2.png) [@neilcsmith](https://discourse.processing.org/u/neilcsmith)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/special-characters-on-android-mode-encoding-problem/1994/22 "2018-07-30T09:10:50Z")

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> [@Tiago](#):
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> MY BAD, I had copy " Dfile.encoding=UTF-8" instead of “-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8”. I’ve just corrected and it works!!!

Ha ha, I wondered if you’d done that and tried it but Processing still launched for me. 😄

So, does it fix the problem with the compiled code working on Android too?

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**Author:** ![Tiago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tiago](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Tiago)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 9:11am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/special-characters-on-android-mode-encoding-problem/1994/23 "2018-07-30T09:11:24Z")

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Yes, you’re a genious mate =) Thanks a lot

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**Author:** ![neilcsmith](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/neilcsmith/32/144_2.png) [@neilcsmith](https://discourse.processing.org/u/neilcsmith)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/special-characters-on-android-mode-encoding-problem/1994/24 "2018-07-30T09:12:29Z")

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No worries! Happy to help.

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