Question: I need to decode HTML entities, e.g. from &#246; to ö, and &amp; to &.

`URLEncoder.decode(str)` does not do the job (convert from % notations). TextUtils has a HTMLencode, but not a HTMLdecode.

Are there any function for decoding HTML entities?

Answer: 
The [Html class](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/Html.html) is supposed to do that, however it is said that everything is not supported. It always worked for me but I never had ö so I can't tell for this one.
Try `Html.fromHtml(yourStr)` to get the decoded string.
Html.fromHtml(String html) is **deprecated** after API v24 so this is the correct way to do it

```
  if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 24)
  {
       textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(htmlString , Html.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY)));  
  }
  else
  {
       textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(htmlString));
  }

```