Invalid preferences format

For some reason, I get the above error each time I try to open previous settings. After some investigation, this seem to be because of characters that are stored that the preference file does not support. This is an example of a preference:

<entry key="/&#29;��Lϙ ��`��L?�H}=&lt;�&#9;�H�}&#23;��#=" value="0"/>

Note how it says e.g.  instead of the character it is supposed to show. Removing those characters made the preference file open again. Changing this line to the line below resolves the issue for me.

return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(messageDigest.digest());

Has anyone else noticed this issue and would there be any other problems with changing the line to the above?

[martinfrancois]

Hi @Adyel @ArvidNy @seamlik The fix for this issue was included in release 8.3.0 (for Java 8) and 11.3.0 (for Java 11), which has just been released.

[martinfrancois]

@seamlik yes, @ArvidNy is correct. It’s fixed, but not released yet. We are working on getting out a release soon. Thanks for your patience!