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Geoff
Geoff

Reputation: 6639

Android java split string via special character fails

I would like to attach a platform parameter to a url with ? if the url has no query string and using & if url has a query string

SO i have added the following

 String api_url;
 //costructor next to assign apiurl value

 //method to extract url and process request
 processData(){
    String apiUrl = "";
    String[] urlParams = this.api_url.split("\\?");
    if (urlParams.length > 0){
        apiUrl = this.api_url+"&platform="+tokenService.getToken(AppDetailsHelpers.AppSettingsKeys.PLATFORM);
    }else {
        apiUrl = this.api_url+"?platform="+tokenService.getToken(AppDetailsHelpers.AppSettingsKeys.PLATFORM);
    }
}

The above always evaluates the urlParams to a an array even when a url doesnt contain the ?

Example for a url

http://test.com

is resolved with the above code as 

http://test.com&platform=12

But i expected it to be as http://test.com?platform=12

I have tried adding 

String[] urlParams = this.api_url.split("?");

But it throws an error of Dangling metacharacter. What am i missing out on this. Why does this fail.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 77

Answers (1)

PPartisan
PPartisan

Reputation: 8231

This is expected behaviour for String#split. Running "http://test.com".split("\\?") returns an array with one element, "http://test.com". So, just update your condition to if(uriParams.length > 1).

You could also consider parsing your String to a Uri, as you may not need this check and could possibly instead use:

Uri.parse(api_url)
    .buildUpon()
    .appendQuery("platform", tokenService.getToken(AppSettingsKeys.PLATFORM))
    .build().toString();

Upvotes: 1

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