Apps Using URLEncoder for Password Encryption?

[ac4android]

If my user has to send the password via Android using HttpURLConnection, is URLEncoder the appropriate level of security?

Perusing the documentation, it doesn't look like much:
"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 '+'."

Are there anything better that I should look at?

Are banks really using only URLEncoder for encryption for customer access using Android?

 

[Deleted User]

URL encoding is not encryption. It's just a formatting mechanism for transmitting your data to a remote web service.

Encryption is usually achieved by using a HTTPS connection. So you would need to use HttpsURLConnection

http://www.mkyong.com/java/java-https-client-httpsurlconnection-example/

 

[ac4android]

URL encoding is not encryption. It's just a formatting mechanism for transmitting your data to a remote web service.

Encryption is usually achieved by using a HTTPS connection. So you would need to use HttpsURLConnection

http://www.mkyong.com/java/java-https-client-httpsurlconnection-example/

Thanks

I am a bit rusty