Automatically detect and decode the charset of text bytes with flutter
flutter_charset_detector
Automatically detect and decode the Charset (character encoding) of text bytes.
This plugin uses native libraries derived from the universal charset detection
libraries created by Mozilla.
- iOS: UniversalDetector2, a
thin wrapper around
uchardet - Android:
juniversalchardet, a Java
implementation of universalchardet
Supported platforms
- Android 4.1 (SDK 16) and higher
- iOS 9 and higher
Supported charsets
The detectable charsets differ by platform according to the capabilities of the
underlying library; for specifics see:
Usage
import 'package:flutter_charset_detector/flutter_charset_detector.dart';
Uint8List bytes = getBytes(); // bytes with unknown encoding
DecodingResult result = CharsetDetector.autoDecode(bytes);
print(result.charset); // => e.g. 'SHIFT_JIS'
print(result.string); // => e.g. '日本語'