XML being created as utf8 instead ASCII in IL2CPP

Hello.

I have a working profile saving system using XML in Mono (2.x). When I changed the build to IL2CPP to be able to upload my build to iTunes Connect the save file stopped to work.

After some hours debugging I found that when I build the game with Mono (2.x) my xml file is encoded with ascii.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii"?>

When I tried build with IL2CPP the file was encoded with utf8.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

Code (CSharp):

1.     private void CreateProfileFile()
2.     {
3.  
4.         XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ProfileContainer));
5.         MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
6.  
7.         using (stream)
8.         {
9.             serializer.Serialize(stream, profileContainer);
10. //the following lines are just to test. Using Encoding.ASCII or Encoding.UTF8 in this part don't change anything even in the xmlString. When I run this in the mac I get the ASCII header and in iOS with IL2CPP I get the UTF8 header.
11. //both strings are the same            
12. string xmlStringAscii = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(stream.ToArray());
13. Debug.Log (xmlStringAscii);
14.  
15. string xmlStringUtf8 = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stream.ToArray());
16. Debug.Log (xmlStringUtf8);
17.  
18.             EncryptDecrypt.EncryptMemory(stream, Path.Combine(Application.persistentDataPath, "profiles.xml"));
19.         }
20.     }

As the encoding is defined before I save the file I need a way to force the encoding in:
serializer.Serialize(stream, profileContainer);

So, just to resume. This code generate a xml encoded as ASCII in mac and iOS Mono (2.x) and generate a UTF8 in iOS IL2CPP (what make the system stop to work, I already tested put a ASCII file manually in the iOS, it's works).

Thanks

 

Hi, sorry for the delay. I can swear I already replied your message!

This worked like a charm.

Thanks!