Kotlin String toByteArray Default Charset Is UTF-8

Apr 8, 2019
val bytes = "Hello".toByteArray()

same as

val bytes = "Hello".toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8)

Source

fun String.toByteArray(    charset: Charset = Charsets.UTF_8): ByteArray

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