HttpClient won't import in Android Studio

Question

I have a simple class written in Android Studio:

package com.mysite.myapp;

import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;

public class Whatever {
    public voi         


        

Answer 1

To use Apache HTTP for SDK Level 23:

Top level build.gradle - /build.gradle

buildscript {
    ...
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.5.0' 
        // Lowest version for useLibrary is 1.3.0
        // Android Studio will notify you about the latest stable version
        // See all versions: http://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/
    }
    ...
}

Notification from Android studio about gradle update:

Module specific build.gradle - /app/build.gradle

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"
    ...
    useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'
    ...
}

Answer 2

As mentioned before, org.apache.http.client.HttpClient is not supported any more in:

SDK (API level) #23.

You have to use java.net.HttpURLConnection.

If you want to make your code (and life) easier when using HttpURLConnection, here is a Wrapper of this class that will let you do simple operations with GET, POST and PUT using JSON, like for example, doing a HTTP PUT.

HttpRequest request = new HttpRequest(API_URL + PATH).addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
int httpCode = request.put(new JSONObject().toString());
if (HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK == httpCode) {
    response = request.getJSONObjectResponse();
} else {
  // log error
}
httpRequest.close()

Feel free to use it.

package com.calculistik.repository;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

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 */
public class HttpRequest {

    public static enum Method {
        POST, PUT, DELETE, GET;
    }

    private URL url;
    private HttpURLConnection connection;
    private OutputStream outputStream;
    private HashMap<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();

    public HttpRequest(String url) throws IOException {
        this.url = new URL(url);
        connection = (HttpURLConnection) this.url.openConnection();
    }

    public int get() throws IOException {
        return this.send();
    }

    public int post(String data) throws IOException {
        connection.setDoInput(true);
        connection.setRequestMethod(Method.POST.toString());
        connection.setDoOutput(true);
        outputStream = connection.getOutputStream();
        this.sendData(data);
        return this.send();
    }

    public int post() throws IOException {
        connection.setDoInput(true);
        connection.setRequestMethod(Method.POST.toString());
        connection.setDoOutput(true);
        outputStream = connection.getOutputStream();
        return this.send();
    }

    public int put(String data) throws IOException {
        connection.setDoInput(true);
        connection.setRequestMethod(Method.PUT.toString());
        connection.setDoOutput(true);
        outputStream = connection.getOutputStream();
        this.sendData(data);
        return this.send();
    }

    public int put() throws IOException {
        connection.setDoInput(true);
        connection.setRequestMethod(Method.PUT.toString());
        connection.setDoOutput(true);
        outputStream = connection.getOutputStream();
        return this.send();
    }

    public HttpRequest addHeader(String key, String value) {
        connection.setRequestProperty(key, value);
        return this;
    }

    public HttpRequest addParameter(String key, String value) {
        this.params.put(key, value);
        return this;
    }

    public JSONObject getJSONObjectResponse() throws JSONException, IOException {
        return new JSONObject(getStringResponse());
    }

    public JSONArray getJSONArrayResponse() throws JSONException, IOException {
        return new JSONArray(getStringResponse());
    }

    public String getStringResponse() throws IOException {
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
        StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
        for (String line; (line = br.readLine()) != null; ) response.append(line + "\n");
        return response.toString();
    }

    public byte[] getBytesResponse() throws IOException {
        byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
        InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();
        ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        for (int bytesRead; (bytesRead = is.read(buffer)) >= 0; )
            output.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
        return output.toByteArray();
    }

    public void close() {
        if (null != connection)
            connection.disconnect();
    }

    private int send() throws IOException {
        int httpStatusCode = HttpURLConnection.HTTP_BAD_REQUEST;

        if (!this.params.isEmpty()) {
            this.sendData();
        }
        httpStatusCode = connection.getResponseCode();

        return httpStatusCode;
    }

    private void sendData() throws IOException {
        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
        for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : params.entrySet()) {
            result.append((result.length() > 0 ? "&" : "") + entry.getKey() + "=" + entry.getValue());//appends: key=value (for first param) OR &key=value(second and more)
        }
        sendData(result.toString());
    }

    private HttpRequest sendData(String query) throws IOException {
        BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream, "UTF-8"));
        writer.write(query);
        writer.close();
        return this;
    }

}

Answer 3

Add these two lines under dependencies

compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:4.4.1'
compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5'

then

useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'

under the android

Answer 4

Android 6.0 (API Level 23) release removes support for the Apache HTTP client. Hence you can not use this library directly in API 23. But there is a way to use it. Add useLibrary ‘org.apache.http.legacy’ in your build.gradle file as below-

android {
    useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'
}

If this does not work you may apply the following hack-

– Copy org.apache.http.legacy.jar which is in /platforms/android-23/optional path of your Android SDK directory to your project’s app/libs folder.

– Now Add compile files(‘libs/org.apache.http.legacy.jar’) inside dependencies{} section of build.gradle file.

Answer 5

Simply use this :-

android {
         .
         .
         .
 useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'
         .
         .
         .
          }