[BUG] UTF-8 characters are displayed incorrectly

[jsfan3]

Italian translation:

$ file './dailyroutine/common/src/main/l10n/Bundle_it.properties' 
./dailyroutine/common/src/main/l10n/Bundle_it.properties: Unicode text, UTF-8 text

$ cat './dailyroutine/common/src/main/l10n/Bundle_it.properties' | grep à
home.empty=Non ci sono ancora attività. Usa il pulsante flottante per aggiungere la prima routine.

Code:

SpanLabel empty = new SpanLabel("home.empty");

Please note the accented letter “à”. In the Simulator, it appears as follows:

[shai-almog]

This is actually Java's original behavior. You're supposed to use native2ascii with property files and only newer versions of the JDK support UTF-8 properties. We're adding a workaround for this so your properties will work correctly.

[jsfan3]

Thank you Shai. By the way, I'm working on a Java 17 project, in case that matters.

[jsfan3]

I confirm that your workaround works!!! 👍
Now my UTF-8 properties are working correctly.