Does Encoding.GetEncoding(...) works with "windows-1251" on WP 8.1 RT?

Question

I want to parse text from a website, which is Windows-1251 encoded.

The following line gives me error that the encoding is not supported.

StreamReader streamRead = new StreamReader(await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync(), Encoding.GetEncoding("windows-1251"));

Is there any chance of making that work (and how)?

Answer 1

I have an old blog on this for Windows Phone 8 but the WinRT native helper library example should work in a Windows Phone 8.1 runtime app:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wsdevsol/archive/2014/03/10/how-to-consume-web-response-with-non-utf8-charset-on-windows-phone-8.aspx

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Answer 2

The NativeHelper works like a charm, thanks!