Storing and restoring cookies in Android (persistent cookie storage)

Question

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I have an app. App logins on server and receive some cookies, then it can execute some POST requests with them (e.g. to get user profile). I want to

Answer 1

An implementation of java.net.CookieStore for providing persistent cookies.

Use this https://gist.github.com/manishk3008/2a2373c6c155a5df6326

Answer 2

Storing some data in CookieManager:

void populateCookieStore(URI uri)
        throws IOException {

    CookieManager cm = new CookieManager(null, CookiePolicy.ACCEPT_ALL);

    CookieHandler.setDefault(cm);

    Map<String,List<String>> header = new HashMap<>();

    List<String> values = new ArrayList<>();

    values.add("JSESSIONID=" + SESSION_ID + "; version=1; Path="
               + URI_PATH +"; HttpOnly");

    values.add("CUSTOMER=WILE_E_COYOTE; version=1; Path=" + URI_PATH);

    header.put("Set-Cookie", values);

    cm.put(uri, header);
}

Answer 3

Now I'm using a PersistentCookieStorage class for those purposes. I create a singleton when the app is launched. It stores cookies in SharedPreferences.