Sending ACTION_CALL Intent in Android containing hash # sign

Question

I am having the problem that the hash sign is truncated. Does anybody know a solution? using unicode or %23 is not working in my case. Now the number that is dialed is *101<

Answer 1

An all in one solution would be:

            String number = "*123#";
            number =  number.replace("*", Uri.encode("*")).replace("#",Uri.encode("#"));
            Intent mIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL);
            Uri data = Uri.parse("tel:" + number);
            mIntent.setData(data);
            startActivity(mIntent);