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Android APIs
public class

URLEncoder

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.net.URLEncoder

Class Overview

This class is used to encode a string using the format required by application/x-www-form-urlencoded MIME content type.

All characters except letters ('a'..'z', 'A'..'Z') and numbers ('0'..'9') and characters '.', '-', '*', '_' are converted into their hexadecimal value prepended by '%'. For example: '#' -> %23. In addition, spaces are substituted by '+'.

Summary

Public Methods
static String encode( String s, String charsetName)
Encodes s using the Charset named by charsetName.
static String encode( String s)
This method was deprecated in API level 1. use encode(String, String) instead.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Methods

public static String encode (String s, String charsetName)

Added in API level 1

Encodes s using the Charset named by charsetName.

public static String encode (String s)

Added in API level 1

This method was deprecated in API level 1.
use encode(String, String) instead.

Equivalent to encode(s, "UTF-8").

No examples for this method.
Frequently called with: [Clear]
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