Problem with basic access authentication in file downloader

Question

I\'m having problems with downloading binary file (zip file) in my app from te internet. I have to use basic access authentication to authorize acces to file, but server respons

Answer 1

I might be a bit late but I just came across a similar problem. The problem lies in the following line:

String encoding = Base64.encodeToString(authentication.getBytes(), 0);

If you change that line to look like this it should work:

String encoding = Base64.encodeToString(authentication.getBytes(), Base64.NO_WRAP);

By default the Android Base64 util adds a newline character to the end of the encoded string. This invalidates the HTTP headers and causes the "Bad request".

The Base64.NO_WRAP flag tells the util to create the encoded string without the newline character thus keeping the HTTP headers intact.