Downloading image from url with unicode characters

Question

I have an application which downloads an image from a given url like this:

Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream((InputStream) new URL(url).getContent());

And it works fine on URL like this:

But when I try to load an image from this URL:

It fails and throw an java.io.FileNotFoundException.

Can anyone tell me what I need to do to load images with Hebrew characters in their URL?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 19 '14 at 10:51

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You need to URL-escape these characters.

See this class.

answered Jan 19 '14 at 10:51

peter.petrov

Is there any function in Java which can do this? – UnTraDe Jan 19 '14 at 10:52
Yes. Google for "URL encode java" or check: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10786042/java-url-encoding – peter.petrov Jan 19 '14 at 10:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 19 '14 at 10:53

0

You need to url encode your URI or your files. Example:

String encodedurl = "http://www.test.com/images/" + URLEncoder.encode("מדבר.jpg","UTF-8");

answered Jan 19 '14 at 10:53

StarsSky

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