File is saved in UTF-8 but strange symbols in Russian language

Question

I am quite new to both Java and Android.

I am trying to initialize String with russian chars

    lesson.addUnit(new NounUnit("Schiff", "Корабль", NounUnit.Gender.NEUTRAL));
    lesson.addUnit(new NounUnit("Tafel", "Доска, панель", NounUnit.Gender.FEMININUM));
    lesson.addUnit(new NounUnit("Lineal", "Линейка чертежная", NounUnit.Gender.NEUTRAL));

However when I open my debugger I saw some strange chars

[–,ö,–,æ,—,Ä,–,∞,–,±,–,ª,—,å] instead of Корабль

File is in UTF-8 format so this is not an issue I also tried to set russian locale

    Locale locale = new Locale("ru");
    Locale.setDefault(locale);

This does not help.

PS: I am using Android Studio as IDE - probably this is the issue

Answer 1

Often much is misleading, hence the following steps:

1. You can check .java file encoding with an editor like the free JEdit.
2. Also the compiler encoding must be set, via the IDE or with javac -encoding UTF-8.
3. Try "\u041a\u043e\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044c". This is an editor independent representation of "Корабль", and lets you see whether the .java was encoded right when running.