Android with plus sign ("+") in url

Question

I cannot download the picture: http://www.wallpick.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/08/Water+Sports_wallpapers_242-640x480.jpg

This is my code:

// from web

    try {
        Bitmap bitmap = null;

        URL imageUrl = new URL(url);
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) imageUrl
                .openConnection();
        conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
        conn.setConnectTimeout(25000);
        conn.setReadTimeout(25000);
        conn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true);
        InputStream is = conn.getInputStream();
        OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(f);
        // save file to m_FileCache
        copyStream(is, os);
        os.close();
        bitmap = decodeFile(f);
        return bitmap;
    } catch (Throwable ex) {
        return null;
    }

With this code, I can download all image urls as:

http://www.wallpick.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/08/pictures-of-lotus-flowers-on-water-640x480.jpg

Root cause is plus sign ("+") in first link. Please help me! Thank you very much!

this has already been answered: http://stackoverflow.com/a/8962879/29505 — cbrulak, Apr 03 '14 at 13:49
possible duplicate of [Url encoding in Android](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3286067/url-encoding-in-android) — Pankaj Kumar, Apr 03 '14 at 13:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 03 '14 at 13:51

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You can use Uri builder classes. As an example,

String url = Uri.parse("http://www.wallpick.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/08/").buildUpon()
            .appendEncodedPath("Water+Sports_wallpapers_242-640x480.jpg")
            .build().toString();

This will correctly encode your url String.

answered Apr 03 '14 at 13:51

Sergo Pasoevi

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Thanks for your answer! This link was deleted in server. – Anh Duy Apr 03 '14 at 14:20

Android with plus sign ("+") in url

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