Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { private static HashMap<String, Integer> htmlEntities = new HashMap<String, Integer>(); public static String html2Text(String html) { StringBuffer filterText = new StringBuffer(); Pattern p = Pattern.compile("<([^>]*)>"); Matcher m = p.matcher(html); while (m.find()) { m.appendReplacement(filterText, ""); } m.appendTail(filterText); return unescapeHTML(filterText.toString()); } public static final String unescapeHTML(String source) { int i, j; boolean continueLoop; int skip = 0; do { continueLoop = false; i = source.indexOf("&", skip); if (i > -1) { j = source.indexOf(";", i); if (j > i) { String entityToLookFor = source.substring(i + 1, j); //Logger.e("key=" + entityToLookFor); Integer value = htmlEntities.get(entityToLookFor); if (value != null && value > 0 && value < 65535) { source = source.substring(0, i) + ((char) ((int) value)) + source.substring(j + 1); continueLoop = true; } else { skip = i + 1; continueLoop = true; } } } } while (continueLoop); return source; } }