Android Facebook SDK caption with urls not posted in FB wall

Question

I can successfully post an image to FB using the following code

byte[] data = null;      
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
photo.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, baos);
data = baos.toByteArray();

Bundle parameters = new Bundle();
parameters.putString("caption", "Test Caption");   
parameters.putString("method", "photos.upload");         
parameters.putByteArray("picture", data);  

AsyncFacebookRunner mAsyncRunner = new AsyncFacebookRunner(facebookClient);
mAsyncRunner.request(null, parameters, "POST", new SampleUploadListener(), null);

But when I try to have a URL in the caption as following

 parameters.putString("caption", "Test Caption: http://google.com/");

post is not get posted in FB wall

This is also not working

parameters.putString("caption", "Test Caption: /");

I think the wrong is in sending the / character when posting to the wall. I want to know is there a way to have url ( or / character) in the caption to post it in FB wall

Thank you for your help

Jesse Chen · Answer 1 · 2012-11-15T19:29:43.483

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Try escaping the / character by putting a forward slash so your string:

"Test Caption: http://google.com"

should be

"Test Caption: http:\/\/google.com"

Also,

mAsyncRunner.request(null, parameters,...

null should be me/photos.

edited Nov 15 '12 at 19:29

answered Nov 15 '12 at 01:39

Jesse Chen

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Hi Jesse, I cannot see any different between the code you have suggested and mine for the caption. Can you explain it little bit. – Chatura Dilan Nov 15 '12 at 10:53
Ah, stackoverflow's editor messed it up. I fixed it now, you should see a '\' before each '/'. – Jesse Chen Nov 15 '12 at 19:30

Android Facebook SDK caption with urls not posted in FB wall

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