Android 4.4 http api bugs?

Question

I decided to start testing my app with Android 4.4 and noticed that the Android HTTP connection APIs are much stricter than before? I have never had this issue and I assume

Answer 1

On Android 4.4 things did change under the hood and the none standard SHOUTcast ICY header response is no longer supported. Just like the Apache HTTPClient library.

What I had to do can be found on this post:
How to parse a none standard HTTP response?

Answer 2

I've implemented a solution based on the Apache HttpClient, you can find it as a gist here.

Here is how to use it:

IcyGetRequest request = new IcyGetRequest(urlStr);
HttpResponse response = request.get();
int responseCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();

Answer 3

Jona answer is right, but if you are using AACPlayer(https://code.google.com/p/aacplayer-android/) to play your SHOUTcast, here is a simpler solution: https://code.google.com/p/aacdecoder-android/wiki/HandlingShoutcastStreams

Also, I needed to change my url from "http://example.org" to "icy://example.org"