how to url encode in android?

Question

I am using grid view for displaying image using xml parsing,i got some exception like

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in path at index 80: http://www.theblacksheeponline.com/party_img/thumbspps/912big_361999096_Flicking Off Douchebag.jpg

How to solve this problem? I want to display all kind of url,anybody knows please give sample code for me.

Thanks All

Answer 1

URL encoding is done in the same way on android as in Java SE;

try {
    String url = "http://www.example.com/?id=123&art=abc";
    String encodedurl = URLEncoder.encode(url,"UTF-8");
    Log.d("TEST", encodedurl);
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}