Post UTF-8 encoded data to server loses certain characters

Question

I am working on project which includes communication of the server (JavaEE app) and client (Android app). XML is sent as one of POST parameters of the HTTP request (named \"

Answer 1

After much research and attempts to make things working, I finally found a solution for the problem, that is a simple addition to existing code. Solution was to use parameter "UTF-8" in the UrlEncodedFormEntity class constructor:

form = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs,"UTF-8");

After this change, characters were encoded and delivered properly to the server side.