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: 
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));
  }

```
you can use WebView to represent any html text easily by following below steps.

first convert your data in html format as :

```
String res=null;
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
res=Html.fromHtml(product.getDescription(),Html.FROM_HTML_MODE_COMPACT).toString();
}
else{
res=Html.fromHtml(product.getDescription()).toString();
}

```

Then load your data in WebView as: 

```
myWebView.loadDataWithBaseURL(null, res, "text/html", "utf-8", null);

```