diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index 96c1cb80a..d8e66f7f5 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ package processing.core;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+
 import android.content.*;
 import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
 import android.content.res.AssetManager;
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ import android.graphics.*;
 import java.io.*;
 import java.lang.reflect.*;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.text.NumberFormat;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.regex.*;
@@ -4825,6 +4829,29 @@ public class PApplet extends Activity implements PConstants, Runnable {
 
 
 
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+  // URL ENCODING
+  
+  static public String urlEncode(String what) {
+    try {
+      return URLEncoder.encode(what, "UTF-8");
+    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {  // oh c'mon 
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  
+  static public String urlDecode(String what) {
+    try {
+      return URLDecoder.decode(what, "UTF-8");
+    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {  // safe per the JDK source
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+  
+
+  
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
   // SORT
diff --git a/android/todo.txt b/android/todo.txt
index 137f5bdb6..440f92a0e 100644
--- a/android/todo.txt
+++ b/android/todo.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ X   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=769
 X /opt/android using version #s again? fix build script (earlier)
 X smooth() is now the default
 
-_ don't let the ... ?
+_ lack of registerXxx() implementation is breaking pre() and post() in particles
 
 _ focus handling note:
 _   http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/11/making-android-games-that-play-nice.html
diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index 397a64435..d32f26192 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -6613,6 +6613,29 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
 
 
 
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+  // URL ENCODING
+  
+  static public String urlEncode(String what) {
+    try {
+      return URLEncoder.encode(what, "UTF-8");
+    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {  // oh c'mon 
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  
+  static public String urlDecode(String what) {
+    try {
+      return URLDecoder.decode(what, "UTF-8");
+    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {  // safe per the JDK source
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+  
+
+  
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
   // SORT
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 9de6966a5..0aa373f20 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ X   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=725
 X Closing applet window in Processing 1.5 causes serial crash
 X   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=635
 
+_ "import processing.xml" throws a missing library error
 
 _ renaming a normal tab to same name with ".java" fails with ".pde" version already exists
 _   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=776