Andoid DigestUtils.md5Hed("") Class Not Found Error

from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9126567/method-not-found-using-digestutils-in-android I am trying to use the library DigestUtils in Android 2.3.1 using JDK 1.6, however I get the following error when executing the app: Could not find method org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex.encodeHexString, referenced from method org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils.shaHex 解决方法 I ran into the same issue trying to use DigestUtils in my Android app. This was the best answer I could find by searching, but I was reluctant to rebuild the .jar file with the namespace changed. After spending some time on this issue, I found an easier way to solve the problem for my case. The problem statement for my code was String s = DigestUtils.md5Hex(data); Replace this statement with the following and it will work: String s = new String(Hex.encodeHex(DigestUtils.md5(data))); Similarly, for shaHex exampl, you can change it to String hash = new String(Hex.encodeHex(DigestUtils.sha("textToHash"); This works because even though Android does not have encodeHexString(), it does have encodeHex(). Hope this would help others who run into the same issue.