Problem with URLWithString: when string contains Arab chars [duplicate]

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I have problem with my code when p开发者_JAVA百科ath contains Arab chars. In this case URLWithString always returns nil.

NSString *path = self.currentlySelectedBlogItem.linkUrl;
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:path];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];

Any sugestions?

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You have to Use UTF8 encoding for special characters:

NSString *path = self.currentlySelectedBlogItem.linkUrl;

NSString *encodedPath = [path stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:encodedPath];

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];