Can not tweet status including asterisk(*)

[yshrsmz]

Bug Report

steps to reproduce

just make api request via StatusService#update with status string including "*" this request will return following response

{ "errors": [{ "code": 32, "message": "Could not authenticate you." }]}

Expected behavior:

TwitterKit should be able to tweet a status including "*" character.

Android API Version:

this should happen on all api versions

Android Device

this should happen on all devices

Artifact Versions

not sure about older versions, but this happens on v2.1.0, v1.14.1

current workaround

Define custom service interface and manually replace * with %2A solves problem. But IMO this should be treated inside the library(or hopefully api side).

interface MyStatusesService {
  @FormUrlEncoded
  @POST("/1.1/statuses/update.json")
  Call<Tweet> update(@Field(value = "status", encoded = true) String status,
                         @Field("in_reply_to_status_id") Long inReplyToStatusId,
                         @Field("possibly_sensitive") Boolean possiblySensitive,
                         @Field("lat") Double lat,
                         @Field("long") Double longitude,
                         @Field("place_id") String placeId,
                         @Field("display_coordinates") Boolean displayCoordinates,
                         @Field("trim_user") Boolean trimUser,
                         @Field("media_ids") String mediaIds);
}

[efrohnhoefer]

Thank you for the excellent bug report. We will look at getting this resolved for the next release.