HttpClient won't import in Android Studio

Question

I have a simple class written in Android Studio:

package com.mysite.myapp;  import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;  public class Whatever {     public void headBangingAgainstTheWallExample () {         HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();     } } 

and from this I get the following compile time error:

Cannot resolve symbol HttpClient

Isn't HttpClient included in the Android Studio SDK? Even if it is not, I added it to my Gradle build like this:

dependencies {     compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])     compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.0'     compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5' } 

With or without the last compile line, the error is the same. What am I missing?

Answer 1

HttpClient is not supported any more in sdk 23. You have to use URLConnection or downgrade to sdk 22 (compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0')

If you need sdk 23, add this to your gradle:

android {     useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy' } 

You also may try to download and include HttpClient jar directly into your project or use OkHttp instead