use an encode method....it will encode the url for you. It knows what every character maps to....
hvgotcodes
2010-07-15 23:05:58
A:
already using it, but the encode function doesn't work, i encode it into UTF-8 but nothing happened, the space character is still there and the server still sending same error. Thx for the reply
Lebriga
2010-07-15 23:26:40
there are different types of encoding. UTF-8 is intended to encode Unicode strings for transmission over channels that allow only ASCII characters. URL encoding (which is what both @hvgotcodes and I talk about) is replacing characters that are illegal in URLs with their numerical representation in percent-encodd form (for example space to %20)
Franci Penov
2010-07-16 02:12:40
so do you suggest that I encode the value manually? Or there are some encode method in android? I already using it based on some example, but it wont work at all
Lebriga
2010-07-16 10:31:04
A:
Use replaceAll instead of replace.
Although, you should really be doing proper URL encoding. You can use URLEncoder.encode
for example.
Franci Penov
2010-07-15 23:09:25
And WMD needs to learn how to properly encode pasted URLs as well...
Franci Penov
2010-07-15 23:15:06
What is WMD anyway? Sorry Im a newbie in web programmingIMHO, the replaceAll isn't reversible. I cant read back what I've already send to the web service since the values is already changed drastically (the space character is long gone already)
Lebriga
2010-07-15 23:30:21
@Lebriga - ignore the WMD comment. it's the SO text editor Nd it was giving me some trouble with the links.
Franci Penov
2010-07-16 00:14:57
If you want to use `replaceAll`, you should just use it instead of `replace` in the sample code in the question. however, there are other characters besides spaces that are not allowed in URLs, hence why you need to use `URLEncoder` class to properly replace all of them.
Franci Penov
2010-07-16 02:10:31
well could you give me some example of usage in URL Encoder? i dont know the character format that i should converted to. Moreover i dont really understand about character formatting (UTF-8, etc). Lets say the annoying character that i want to get rid is space character only, could you give the example?~Regards~~English is my 2nd language~
Lebriga
2010-07-16 10:27:25
you should specify UTF-8 as the second parameter (the encoding). Here's an example how to use that class: http://www.devdaily.com/blog/post/java/how-encode-java-string-send-web-server-safe-url
Franci Penov
2010-07-16 10:41:40
Solved:)thanks a lot for your help Mr. Franci. These are such a great help for me, thanks a lot sir:)
Lebriga
2010-07-16 22:02:54
Well, have you considered accepting my answer if it helped you solving your issue? :-)
Franci Penov
2010-07-16 22:19:42
Ive been searching for it for an hour but i dont know how to accept your answer, im totally a newbie to stackoverflow
Lebriga
2010-07-16 22:41:02
To the left of my answer under the voting control there's a chec mark you can click on to accept the answer.
Franci Penov
2010-07-17 02:13:45