Question

I’d like to make a URL click able in the email app. The problem is that a parameterized URL breaks this because of ‘&’ in the URL. The body variable below is the problem line. Both versions of ‘body’ are incorrect. Once the email app opens, text stops at ‘…link:’. What is needed to encode the ampersand?

NSString *subject = @'This is a test'; NSString *encodedSubject =  [subject stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];   //NSString *body = @'This is a link: <a href='http://somewhere.com/two.woa/wa?id=000&param=0'>click me</a>'; //original NSString *body = @'This is a link: <a href='http://somewhere.com/two.woa/wa?id=000&#38;param=0'>click me</a>'; //have also tried &amp; NSString *encodedBody =  [body stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];  NSString *formattedURL = [NSString stringWithFormat: @'mailto:[e-mail]?subject=%@&body=%@', encodedSubject, encodedBody]; NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:formattedURL]; [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url]; 

Answer 1

the ampersand would be %26 for HEX in URL Encoding standards