On Thu, 2015-12-17 at 23:00 +0000, Winkler, Florian wrote: > Hi there, > > I read about the Android port for HTTP Client, and I also read that it is > discontinued since on Android platform v23 Google chose to remove the old > HTTP Client classes. > I furthermore read that people targeting Android 23+ should resort to Marek > Sebera's client port > (https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-4.5.x/android-port.html). > > I'd rather like to use the official Apache version of HTTP client (4.5.1). I > therefore set up an Android project for platform v23 and thought "Hey, if > Google removed all old HTTPClient classes, then I should at least have a > chance adding the new Apache 4.5.1 ones as 3rd party dependencies." > However, that is not the case. Turns out, some old classes are still on > Android platform v23 (e.g. HttpParams), and when I try to add dependencies to > Apache HTTPClient 4.5.1 to the gradle script, I get an error: > > > WARNING: Dependency org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.1 is ignored for > debug as it may be conflicting with the internal version provided by Android. > > In case of problem, please repackage it with jarjar to change the > class packages > > > Honestly, I do not get it. Is this a problem of Google now, is this a problem > of the Apache HTTP Client, and why is a project discontinued that still seems > to be very relevant for Android's platform v23? > > > Any explanations on this topic are very much appreciated. >
One can still run HttpClient Android 4.3.5.1 on Android 23+ instead of Marek Sebera's port, but there will be no official ports of HC 4.4 or 4.5. It is just not worth it. Our focus will be on making sure that HC 5.0 can run without modifications on newer versions of Android. Oleg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: httpclient-users-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: httpclient-users-h...@hc.apache.org
