How Do I Pass A String That Has & Inside It as a parameter in wp8

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//Here is the string i am passing

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string myItem = "Love & Drugs";

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NavigationServices.Navigate(new Uri(string.Format("/Views/Page.xaml?item={0}",myItem)));

//this is how i retrieve it in OnNavigatedTo method

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MyTextBox.Text = NavigationContext.QueryString["item"];

//output is

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Love

My question is why isn't the rest of the string starting from "& Drugs" being passed or retrieved or i'm i doing something wrong??

Posted 12-Sep-14 7:16am

job mwa

Updated 12-Sep-14 7:22am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Sep-14 22:16pm

Because '&' is used to delimiter parameters passed in URL.
Why using this way of passing data in HTTP request at all?
—SA

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PIEBALDconsult · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-12T07:24:00

Solution 1

Dunno. Will HttpUtility.UrlEncode help?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4fkewx0t(v=vs.110).aspx[^]

Posted 12-Sep-14 7:24am

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job mwa 12-Sep-14 14:27pm

workedthanx for taking the time to help me out ... be blessed.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Sep-14 22:17pm

Right; a 5.
—SA

Thomas Daniels · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-12T07:25:00

Solution 2

You need to encode the URL.[^]

Add using System.Net; at the top of your code file.
Use the the WebUtility.UrlEncode method[^] to encode the URL:

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string encodedItem = WebUtility.UrlEncode(myItem);
NavigationServices.Navigate(new Uri(string.Format("/Views/Page.xaml?item={0}",encodedItem)));

Posted 12-Sep-14 7:25am

Thomas Daniels

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job mwa 12-Sep-14 14:28pm

Thank you very much for your detailed answer i appreciate it very much, Be blessed

Thomas Daniels 12-Sep-14 14:29pm

You're welcome!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Sep-14 22:16pm

5ed.
—SA

Thomas Daniels 13-Sep-14 3:51am

Thank you!