I am trying to open an URL with androids MediaPlayer Class by using: MediaPlayer.create(pContext,

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Asked: June 4, 20262026-06-04T14:05:34+00:00 2026-06-04T14:05:34+00:00

I am trying to open an URL with androids MediaPlayer Class by using:

MediaPlayer.create(pContext, Uri.parse(m_sUrl));

i have allready replaced all the Spaces in m_sUrl String with %20 by using:

m_sUrl = m_sUrl.replace(" ", "%20");

But the MediaPlayer.Create Method return null to me. So there seems still to be something wrong by parsing the m_sUrl String.

Thats the URL string i am trying to stream:

so as you can see, it seems to be the ü character. Anyone know what i have to use in an valid url for ä ö ü ß and so on?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-04T14:05:35+00:00

Editorial Team

Use URLEncoder and you have to keep in mind to encode only unsafe character:

String query = URLEncoder.encode("depeche mode", "utf-8");
String url = "http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=" + query;

in the exemple that i mentioned below the unsafe character is the space that will be transformed to %20

hope this will help

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