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Open a BufferedReader in UTF-8

I have a csv file with characters like Cité, but after make the insert into the DB, I see this Cit¿
I open the file as a BufferedReader, but I don't know how to do it in UTF-8
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(csvFile));

You could explictly use a FileInputStream and an InputStreamReader using StandardCharsets.UTF_8, but it's probably simpler to use Files.newBufferedReader:
Path path = Paths.get(csvFile);
try (BufferedReader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(path)) {
// Use the reader
}
It's worth getting to know the Files class as it has a bunch of convenience methods like this.

You can use FileInputStream:
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(
new FileInputStream(fileDir), "UTF8"));

How can I create a BufferedReader from a String?

I am trying to pass a String to my BufferedReader. How can I pass "test" as String to the reader rather than the input from System.in ?
String test = "test";
BufferedReader inFromUser = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

You can modify your code as below
String test = "test";
Reader inputString = new StringReader(test);
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(inputString);

No point in buffering a string. Just
String aString = ...;
Reader inFromUser = new StringReader(aString);

JCIFS: is possible get a file and use like BufferedReader?

I've a method that returns a BufferedReader, something like this:
File file = new File(fileName);
try {
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
}
catch(FileNotFoundException ex){
ex.getStackTrace();
}
How can I get a file with JCIFS API and return a BufferedReader?

BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
new FileInputStream(file), "UTF-8"));

Convert InputStream to BufferedReader

I'm trying to read a text file line by line using InputStream from the assets directory in Android.
I want to convert the InputStream to a BufferedReader to be able to use the readLine().
I have the following code:
InputStream is;
is = myContext.getAssets().open ("file.txt");
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader (is);
The third line drops the following error:
Multiple markers at this line
The constructor BufferedReader (InputStream) is undefinded.
What I'm trying to do in C++ would be something like:
StreamReader file;
file = File.OpenText ("file.txt");
line = file.ReadLine();
line = file.ReadLine();
...
What am I doing wrong or how should I do that? Thanks!

BufferedReader can't wrap an InputStream directly. It wraps another Reader. In this case you'd want to do something like:
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is, "UTF-8"));

A BufferedReader constructor takes a reader as argument, not an InputStream. You should first create a Reader from your stream, like so:
Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(is);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(reader);
Preferrably, you also provide a Charset or character encoding name to the StreamReader constructor. Since a stream just provides bytes, converting these to text means the encoding must be known. If you don't specify it, the system default is assumed.

InputStream is;
InputStreamReader r = new InputStreamReader(is);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(r);

Reading InputStream as UTF-8

I'm trying to read from a text/plain file over the internet, line-by-line. The code I have right now is:
URL url = new URL("http://kuehldesign.net/test.txt");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
LinkedList<String> lines = new LinkedList();
String readLine;
while ((readLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
lines.add(readLine);
}
for (String line : lines) {
out.println("> " + line);
}
The file, test.txt, contains ¡Hélló!, which I am using in order to test the encoding.
When I review the OutputStream (out), I see it as > ¬°H√©ll√≥!. I don't believe this is a problem with the OutputStream since I can do out.println("é"); without problems.
Any ideas for reading form the InputStream as UTF-8? Thanks!

Solved my own problem. This line:
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
needs to be:
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream(), "UTF-8"));
or since Java 7:
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));

String file = "";
try {
InputStream is = new FileInputStream(filename);
String UTF8 = "utf8";
int BUFFER_SIZE = 8192;
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is,
UTF8), BUFFER_SIZE);
String str;
while ((str = br.readLine()) != null) {
file += str;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
}
Try this,.. :-)

I ran into the same problem every time it finds a special character marks it as ��. to solve this, I tried using the encoding: ISO-8859-1
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream("txtPath"),"ISO-8859-1"));
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
}
I hope this can help anyone who sees this post.

If you use the constructor InputStreamReader(InputStream in, Charset cs), bad characters are silently replaced. To change this behaviour, use a CharsetDecoder :
public static Reader newReader(Inputstream is) {
new InputStreamReader(is,
StandardCharsets.UTF_8.newDecoder()
.onMalformedInput(CodingErrorAction.REPORT)
.onUnmappableCharacter(CodingErrorAction.REPORT)
);
}
Then catch java.nio.charset.CharacterCodingException.