CookieManager and CookieSyncManager not syncing cookies to webview in ICS (works on all previous API levels)

Question

Background:

I'm acquireing cookies through my app and use them internally by making requests to http. Users can switch to webview any given time, in which case I sync/inject cookies to webView.

Code for synchronizing cookies to webview using CookieSyncManager:

CookieSyncManager.createInstance(a);
CookieManager cm = CookieManager.getInstance();
cm.setCookie(domain, cookieName + "=" + cookieValue);
CookieSyncManager.getInstance().sync();

This works on all API levels except API 15+ (Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich). The CookieManager API is not deprecated.

What is causing this problem and are there any workarounds?

Answer 1

I had the same problem recently which I found was my mistake. The problem was the way I set the domain (but it worked till API 15). Try to prefix the domain with the dot: ".company.com" instead of "company.com".

Answer 2

You can try the Apache DefaultHttpClient to do this work for you, I don't think it been changed in Ice Cream Sandwich.

I found this sample, but there is lots more in here