Question

I am trying to replace '\\'with '/' in java(Android) and this does not seem to work!

String rawPath = filePath.replace("\\\\", "/");

What is wrong with this ? I have escaped “\” and tried escaping ‘/’ but to no use. Nothing happens to the original string.

    filePath = abc\\xyz(not after escaping two \\, the original string is with two \\)
    rawPath = abc \ xyz
    expected = abc/xyz

Whats the correct way of doing this? (Another Windows file to Android path conversion prob)

Answer 1

When using String.replace(String, String) the backslash doesn’t need to be escaped twice (thats when using replaceAll – it deals with regex). So:

String rawPath = filePath.replace("\\", "/");

Or using char version:

String rawPath = filePath.replace('\\', '/');