In most apps AndroidHttpClient is best used a singleton for the reasons you describe. It doesn't make sense to create a thread pool for each AndroidHttpClient instantiation.
>From the Apache HttpComponents dosc: "DefaultHttpClient is thread safe. It is recommended that the same instance of this class is reused for multiple request executions" (DefaultHttpClient also uses ThreadSafeClientConnManager). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en