Replacing a character by another character in a string in android?

Question

Simply i want to replace a character with another in android.. My code:

et = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
String str = et.getText().toString();
str.         


        

Answer 1

Strings are immutable in Java - replace doesn't change the existing string, it returns a new one. You want:

str = str.replace(' ','_');

(This is definitely a duplicate, but I don't have enough time right now to find an appropriate one...)