How can I send HTTP Basic Authentication headers in Android?

Question

I am not sure how to send HTTP Auth headers.

I have the following HttpClient to get requests, but not sure how I can send requests?

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Answer 1

Maybe the documentation of HttpClient can help: link

Answer 2

This is covered in the HttpClient documentation and in their sample code.

Answer 3

Since Android compiles HttpClient 4.0.x instead of 3.x, below snippet is for your reference.

    if (authState.getAuthScheme() == null) {
        AuthScope authScope = new Au    HttpRequestInterceptor preemptiveAuth = new HttpRequestInterceptor() {
    public void process(final HttpRequest request, final HttpContext context) throws HttpException, IOException {
        AuthState authState = (AuthState) context.getAttribute(ClientContext.TARGET_AUTH_STATE);
        CredentialsProvider credsProvider = (CredentialsProvider) context.getAttribute(
                ClientContext.CREDS_PROVIDER);
        HttpHost targetHost = (HttpHost) context.getAttribute(ExecutionContext.HTTP_TARGET_HOST);thScope(targetHost.getHostName(), targetHost.getPort());
        Credentials creds = credsProvider.getCredentials(authScope);
        if (creds != null) {
            authState.setAuthScheme(new BasicScheme());
            authState.setCredentials(creds);
        }
    }
}    
};
DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
httpclient.addRequestInterceptor(preemptiveAuth, 0);