Special characters like à è ì and AI2

[carto_lover]

i do in my app query via php and retrieve data from sql database in ai2 but i cannot see these characters à è ì

they appear as ? if i do the query via phpmyadmin all is fine!

[RamNaresh]

Where these special characters are not being displayed, for me I can set to lable with no issue

[carto_lover]

in lblResult i have the problem and obviously also in splitted label text

while doing select in phpmyadmin

[Don_Ammar]

you can use font extension to change font of the component and i guess it will help with these kind of weird characters encoding.

these are some font extensions you can use any of them

[FREE] Font Typeface - Set Fonts For Your Components Dynamically

Introduction A non-visible extension that sets a visible component's font dynamically. You can choose between Serif, Sans Serif, Monospace or Default. Package name: com.gordonlu.fonttypeface.aix Version: 1 Release date: 2022-03-11T02:00:00Z (UTC) If you want options beyond this, you can use MyFonts by @Anke. If you just want to set it to these four options, OK, you can use this. Tested components User Interface: Button, Checkbox, DatePic…

MyFonts → use your own custom fonts (a modified version of @Ken's YourFont extension)

Here is a modified version of @Ken's extension "YourFont". YourFont doesn't work with Companion (on devices with Android > 9) since the AI2 nb184 release. See also here: Error in YourFont Extension - #20 by Anke

Example - blocks

<a class="lightbox" href="https://community.appinventor.mit.edu/uploads/default/original/3X/7/9/7977aef944f00002214f6a1c45a342b8d890ac86.png" data-download-href="https://community.appinventor.mit.edu/uploads/default/7977aef944f00002214f6a1…

YourFont Extension - Opensource

Have you ever wanted to use your own custom font in Appinventor? Well, you’re in the right place at the right time. Today I am introducing a new extension exclusively for Appinventor that allows you to use Your own custom Font or “YourFont”. This Extension was created with AppyBuilder CodeEditor, build your own here: https://editor.appybuilder.com/ Thanks @Hossein! Thanks to @uskiara for inspiring this extension. Special Thanks to my Beta Testers: @Anke, @Peter & @TIMAI2 Thanks to @Taif…

[dora_paz]

See this

Problems with international characters

[carto_lover]

mysqli_set_charset($conn, "utf8");  

thanks dora_paz that's fixed!

[dora_paz]

You are welcome