Android call intent with '#' sign as number, prevent Uri.parse remove #

Issue

I want to call a number with '*140*123456#' or '141#123456#'. but the Uri.parse(phoneNumber) method removes all '#' signs and numbers after it. What is it's solution?

Solution

Use

Uri.encode(phoneNumber)

to encode unresevered characters

Take a look at https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/Uri.html#encode(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

Answered By - Michael