Send form-urlencoded parameters in post request android volley

Ater a long long struggle, found the solution. You need to override getBodyContentType() and return application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8.

StringRequest jsonObjRequest = new StringRequest(

    Request.Method.POST,
    getResources().getString(R.string.base_url),
    new Response.Listener<String>() {
        @Override
        public void onResponse(String response) {

            MyFunctions.toastShort(LoginActivity.this, response);
        }
    }, 
    new Response.ErrorListener() {

        @Override
        public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
            VolleyLog.d("volley", "Error: " + error.getMessage());
            error.printStackTrace();
            MyFunctions.croutonAlert(LoginActivity.this,
                MyFunctions.parseVolleyError(error));
            loading.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }
    }) {

    @Override
    public String getBodyContentType() {
        return "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8";
    }

    @Override
    protected Map<String, String> getParams() throws AuthFailureError {
        Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
        params.put("username", etUname.getText().toString().trim());
        params.put("password", etPass.getText().toString().trim());
        return params;
    }

};

AppController.getInstance().addToRequestQueue(jsonObjRequest);