Android: how to parse URL String with spaces to URI object?

Question

I have a string representing an URL containing spaces and want to convert it to an URI object. If I simply try to create it via

String myString = \"http://my         


        

Answer 1

URL url = Test.class.getResource(args[0]);  // reading demo file path from                                                   
                                            // same location where class                                    
File input=null;
try {
    input = new File(url.toURI());
} catch (URISyntaxException e1) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e1.printStackTrace();
}