Converting HTML entities to Unicode Characters in C#

Question

I found similar questions and answers for Python and Javascript, but not for C# or any other WinRT compatible language.

The reason I think I need it, is because I\'

Answer 1

Different coding/encoding of HTML entities and HTML numbers in Metro App and WP8 App.

With Windows Runtime Metro App

{
    string inStr = "ó";
    string auxStr = System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlEncode(inStr);
    // auxStr == ó
    string outStr = System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlDecode(auxStr);
    // outStr == ó
    string outStr2 = System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlDecode("ó");
    // outStr2 == ó
}

With Windows Phone 8.0

{
    string inStr = "ó";
    string auxStr = System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlEncode(inStr);
    // auxStr == ó
    string outStr = System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlDecode(auxStr);
    // outStr == ó
    string outStr2 = System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlDecode("ó");
    // outStr2 == ó
}

To solve this, in WP8, I have implemented the table in HTML ISO-8859-1 Reference before calling System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlDecode().