I am able to do a POST of a parameters string. I use the following code:
String parameters = \"firstname=john&lastname=doe\"; URL url = new URL(\"http://
Take a look here Sending POST data in Android
But use ByteArrayEntity.
byte[] content = ... HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url); httpPost.setEntity(new ByteArrayEntity(content)); HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpPost);