NSURL is returning nil for a valid URL

Question

I have a valid URL for google maps , which if you run in your browser would show an image of a map. However, when I put it inside my Swift code and try to create an NSURL from S

Answer 1

It should work: Here is why http://www.url-encode-decode.com

        let url = NSURL(string: urlString.stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)!)

Since above API is deprecated alternative approach is

    let url = NSURL(string: urlString.stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters(NSCharacterSet.URLQueryAllowedCharacterSet())!)