Android session management

Question

Is there a specific library for Android session management? I need to manage my sessions in a normal Android app. not in WebView. I can set the session from my post method. But when I send another request that session is lost. Can someone help me with this matter?

DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("My url");  HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httppost); List<Cookie> cookies = httpClient.getCookieStore().getCookies();  if (cookies.isEmpty()) {     System.out.println("None"); } else {     for (int i = 0; i < cookies.size(); i++) {         System.out.println("- " + cookies.get(i).toString());     } } 

When I try to access the same host that session is lost:

HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("my url 2"); HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpGet); 

I get the login page response body.

Answer 1

This has nothing to do with Android. It has everything to do with Apache HttpClient, the library you are using for HTTP access.

Session cookies are stored in your DefaultHttpClient object. Instead of creating a new DefaultHttpClient for every request, hold onto it and reuse it, and your session cookies will be maintained.

You can read about Apache HttpClient here and read about cookie management in HttpClient here.

Answer 2

This is what I use for posts. I can use new httpClients with this method where phpsessid is the PHP session id extracted from the login script using the code you have above.

ArrayList<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();  nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("PHPSESSID",phpsessid));