Android Utililty Methods URL Encode

String encoded = "";
try {
    encoded = URLEncoder.encode(value, "UTF-8");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ignore) {
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(encoded.length());
char focus;
for (int i = 0; i < encoded.length(); i++) {
...

encoded = encoded.replace("(", "%28");
encoded = encoded.replace(")", "%29");
encoded = encoded.replace("!", "%21");
encoded = encoded.replace("\'", "%27");
encoded = encoded.replace("*", "%2A");
return encoded;

String encoded = Uri.encode(base);
return encodeURI(encoded);

return URLEncoder.encode(url);

if (url == null)
    return null;
try {
    return URLEncoder.encode(url, "UTF-8");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
    e.printStackTrace(); 
    return "";

if (!isEmpty(value)) {
    return URLEncoder.encode(value, "UTF-8");
return "";

return URLEncoder.encode(string, UTF8_ENCODING).replace("+", "%20");

try {
    url = URLEncoder.encode(url, "utf-8");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
return url;

try {
    String temp = getBaseUrl(pageUrl);
    temp = temp.substring(temp.indexOf("://") + 3).replace(".", "")
            .replace("/", "");
    return temp;
} catch (Exception e) {
return null;
...

return URLEncoder.encode(in);