How do I decode HTML entities in Swift?

Question

I am pulling a JSON file from a site and one of the strings received is:

The Weeknd ‘King Of The Fall&         


        

Answer 1

Swift 4

I really like the solution using documentAttributes. However, it is may too slow for parsing files and/or usage in table view cells. I can't believe that Apple does not provide a decent solution for this.

As a workaround, I found this String Extension on GitHub which works perfectly and is fast for decoding.

So for situations in which the given answer is to slow, see the solution suggest in this link: https://gist.github.com/mwaterfall/25b4a6a06dc3309d9555

Note: it does not parse HTML tags.