UnicodeEncoding Enum

Definition

Specifies the type of character encoding for a stream.

C#
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
public enum UnicodeEncoding
Inheritance
UnicodeEncoding
Attributes

Windows requirements

Device family
Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Fields

Name Value Description
Utf8 0

The encoding is UTF-8.

Utf16LE 1

The encoding is UTF-16, with the least significant byte first in the two eight-bit bytes.

Utf16BE 2

The encoding is UTF-16, with the most significant byte first in the two eight-bit bytes.

Applies to

Product Versions
WinRT Build 10240, Build 10586, Build 14383, Build 15063, Build 16299, Build 17134, Build 17763, Build 18362, Build 19041, Build 20348, Build 22000, Build 22621, Build 26100

See also