How to convert UTF16 (emoji) to HTML Entity (hex) using java

Question

How to convert UTF16 (emoji) to HTML Entity (hex) using java


I have the string from DB like this \"\\uD83D\\uDE02\". 
I try to display this unicode emoji, it displays          


        

Answer 1

You can use emoji4j library for this.

For example:

String line = "Hi , i am fine \uD83D\uDE02 \uD83D\uDE02, how r u ?";

EmojiUtils.hexHtmlify(line); //Hi , i am fine 😂 😂, how r u ?