I should clarify that I now don't need to do this: String content = new String(bytes, "UTF-8");
This is because java's default is unicode. I get the same result with or without the second argument to the String constructor. I now see that my original error resulted because I was converting to individual chars and appending them one-by-one, instead of dealing with a mass of bytes, which then could have been properly converted to unicode. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en