Spaces in URL creating issues in Android

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I am downloading images from URL, but there are spaces in URL so its skipping thoses URL. I have gone through several arcticles, which mentioned replace space with %20 or +, both the approach are not working. So what are the alternatives now.

    Log.i("CountryFlagThumb", VArray.get(2).replaceAll(" ", "%20")); 

    http://id8lab.net/WorldNewsApp/flags/United Arab Emirates.png

Thanks

what was the issue? how do you handle it? any error messages? — ariefbayu
– ariefbayu, Commented May 24, 2012 at 6:34

Niranj Patel · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-24 06:43:55Z

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You don't encode the entire URL, only parts of it that come from "unreliable sources".

String data = URLEncoder.encode("United Arab Emirates.png", "utf-8");
String url = "http://id8lab.net/WorldNewsApp/flags/" + data;

answered May 24, 2012 at 6:43

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Rais Alam · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-09 09:56:12Z

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You just Encode your url like

String url =Uri.encode("http://id8lab.net/WorldNewsApp/flags/United Arab Emirates.png")

Hope this will help.

edited Jan 9, 2013 at 9:56

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answered May 24, 2012 at 6:46

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Ponmalar · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-24 06:49:00Z

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To download image from url use the following,

HttpGet httpRequest = new HttpGet(URI.create(path) );
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponse response = (HttpResponse) httpclient.execute(httpRequest);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
BufferedHttpEntity bufHttpEntity = new BufferedHttpEntity(entity);
Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(bufHttpEntity.getContent());
httpRequest.abort();

answered May 24, 2012 at 6:49

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