Java HttpClient changing content-type?

Question

I am building a small app for my Android phone to forward text messages to a webserver using a very basic REST interface.

I am using the android 4.0.3 SDK. I develo

Answer 1

easy :

import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;

httppost.setEntity(new StringEntity(json.toString(), org.apache.http.entity.ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));

Answer 2

Change this:

StringEntity se = new StringEntity(json); 
se.setContentEncoding(new BasicHeader(HTTP.CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json"));
httppost.setEntity(se);

To this only:

httppost.setEntity(new StringEntity(json.toString(), HTTP.UTF_8));