Whats the difference between Java.Net.Uri and Android.Net.Uri

Question

I am trying to get a Uri from a file object like so:

File file = new File("/sdcard/MyFolder/MyFile.txt");
var androidUri = Android.Net.Uri.FromFile(file).ToString();
var javaUri = file.ToURI().ToString();

this returns the following values:

androidUri = "file:///sdcard/MyFolder/MyFile.txt"
javaUri = "file:/sdcard/MyFolder/MyFile.txt"

so my question is whats the difference between the Java.Net.Uri and Android.Net.Uri are these two values supposed to be different? When should they be used?

Update

I found the two documentation pages Java.Net.Uri and Android.Net.Uri and both say:

Builds and parses URI references which conform to RFC 2396.

Therefore surely this is a bug and they should return the same string?

for android http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/Uri.html — IntelliJ Amiya, Jul 22 '15 at 10:47
similar question and answer here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12649530/convert-java-net-uri-to-android-net-uri — mayyo, Jul 22 '15 at 10:48
@mayyo I don't see how that question is related? It talks about converting between the two not what the difference is / When they should be used — JKennedy, Jul 22 '15 at 10:50

Cheesebaron · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-23T13:12:00.607

The difference is that Android.Net.Uri is Google's own implementation of RFC 2396.

Android.Net.Uri is immutable, hence it is thread-safe. Their implementation is also, according to the comments in the source, more forgiving. So while Java.Net.Uri would throw an Exception you attempt to use a garbage Uri, the Android implementation would just return you a Uri with that garbage.

As far as I can tell, Android.Net.Uri will only throw NullPointerException and seemingly no other exceptions. While the Java.Net.Uri implementation will throw other exceptions such as URISyntaxException and IllegalArgumentException

Otherwise they seem very similar.

The Uri you get file:/sdcard/MyFolder/MyFile.txt is valid, and when throwing it through java.net.URI I get following:

java> String uri = "file:/sdcard/MyFolder/MyFile.txt";
java> import java.net.*
java> URI urr = new URI(uri);
java.net.URI urr = file:/sdcard/MyFolder/MyFile.txt
java> urr.getScheme();
java.lang.String res2 = "file"
java> urr.getPath();
java.lang.String res3 = "/sdcard/MyFolder/MyFile.txt"

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '17 at 15:24

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Here is one practical difference:

java.net.uri supports IPv4 and IPv6 addresses whereas android.net.uri only support IPv4.

answered Apr 21 '17 at 15:24

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 30 '23 at 23:55

Another difference:

android.net.Uri has getQueryParameter(String) (and a few related methods) to get separate query parameters.
java.net.URI only has getRawQuery() and getQuery(). These methods return the whole query string, e.g. foo=1&bar=2.

So if you need to access separate query parameters, android.net.Uri may be more convenient.

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