Android™

URL Encoding and Decoding

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Demonstrates URL encoding and decoding. Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    // To URL encoding a string:
    String s = "Why a > b?";

    CkStringBuilder sb = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = sb.Append(s);

    // URL encode the string.
    sb.Encode("url","utf-8");

    // Show the URL encoded string:
    String sEncoded = sb.getAsString();
    Log.i(TAG, sEncoded);

    // The result is:  Why%20a%20%3E%20b%3F

    // If you prefer "+" instead of "%20" for SPACE chars:
    int numReplaced = sb.Replace("%20","+");
    Log.i(TAG, sb.getAsString());

    // Output is:   Why+a+%3E+b%3F

    // To decode:
    sb.Decode("url","utf-8");
    Log.i(TAG, sb.getAsString());

    // Result is: Why a > b?

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}