Decoding utf8 string in flutter

Question

Im trying to display a string with emojis on a text widget. The string is encoded using utf8. My question is how can I decode the whole string so it will display to the text properly?

here is the string with emojis:

Testing emoticons post \ud83d\ude18\ud83d\udc4c\ud83e\udd70\ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd73\u2708\ufe0f\ud83d\udc4a\ud83d\ude01\ud83d\ude01\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\ude01\u2708\ufe0f\ud83d\ude01\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude4f\ud83e\udd22\ud83d\ude2d

Currently I have this function :

String utf8convert(String text) {
   List<int> bytes = text.toString().codeUnits;
   return utf8.decode(bytes);
}

Answer 1

If you are using API to get data with emojis.

final response =
      await _httpClient.get(uri);
jsonDecode(utf8.decode(response.bodyBytes))