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 a

Answer 1

URLEncoder should be used only to encode queries, use java.net.URI class instead:

URI uri = new URI(
    "http",
    "www.theblacksheeponline.com", 
    "/party_img/thumbspps/912big_361999096_Flicking Off Douchebag.jpg",
    null);
String request = uri.toASCIIString();