Eclipse: Project 'PROJECT_NAME' has no explicit encoding set

Issue

I downgraded from Windows 11 to Windows 10 today and had to reinstall the Eclipse-IDE.
After successfully importing my workspaces and fixing the projects, a warning appeared for every project saying "Project XXX has no explicit encoding set". I've already searched for a solution and only got some fixes for VSCode.

I had Eclipse 2021-6 and installed Eclipse 2022-6

Solution

Yes, the warning for projects with no explicit default encoding is a new thing in Eclipse 2022-06 (4.24).

To set an explicit default encoding do one of the following:

• In the Problems view, select the warning, hit Ctrl+1 and apply the provided Quick Fix (sets the project encoding explicitly to the workspace encoding)
• Change the project manually in Project > Properties: Resource

See also my video showing and explaining this.

When using a build system like Maven or Gradle, set the encoding as follows instead:

Maven

1. In pom.xml set the property project.build.sourceEncoding to UTF-8:

   <properties>
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>

2. Right-click the project folder and choose Maven > Update Project...

Gradle

1. In build.gradle set compileJava.options.encoding to UTF-8:

   compileJava.options.encoding = 'UTF-8'

2. Right-click the project folder and choose Gradle > Refresh Gradel Project
3. As long as Eclipse Buildship issue #344 is not fixed, change the encoding manually as described above

Answered By - howlger