Apache HttpClient Android (Gradle)

Question

I have added this line to my build.gradle

compile group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents' , name: 'httpclient-android' , version: '4.3.5'

and I want to use MultipartEntityBuilder in my code. However Android studio doesn't add the library to my code. Can anyone help me with this?

Solution 1

If you are using target SDK as 23 add the below code in your build.gradle

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

Additional note here: don't try using the gradle versions of those files. They are broken (28.08.15). I tried over 5 hours to get it to work. It just doesn't. not working:

compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:4.4.1'
compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5'

Another thing don't use:

'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient-android:4.3.5.1'

It's referring to 21 API level.

Solution 2

The accepted answer does not seem quite right to me. There is no point dragging a different version of HttpMime when one can depend on the same version of it.

compile group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents' , name: 'httpclient-android' , version: '4.3.5'
compile (group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents' , name: 'httpmime' , version: '4.3.5') {
    exclude module: 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient'
}

Solution 3

None of the others worked for me. I had to add the following dependency, as explained here

compile group: 'cz.msebera.android' , name: 'httpclient', version: '4.4.1.1'

because I was targeting API 23.

Solution 4

I resolved problem by adding following to my build.gradle file

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

However this only works if you are using gradle 1.3.0-beta2 or greater, so you will have to add this to buildscript dependencies if you are on a lower version:

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.0-beta2'

Solution 5

I searched over and over this solution works like a charm ::

    apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
    android {
        compileSdkVersion 25
        buildToolsVersion "25.0.3"
        defaultConfig {
            applicationId "com.anzma.memories"
            useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'
            minSdkVersion 15
            targetSdkVersion 25
            versionCode 1
            versionName "1.0"
            testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
        }
 packagingOptions {
            exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES.txt'
            exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
            exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
            exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
            exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
            exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
            exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
            exclude 'META-INF/license.txt'
            exclude 'META-INF/dependencies.txt'
            exclude 'META-INF/LGPL2.1'
        }
    buildTypes {
            release {
                minifyEnabled false
                proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
            }
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
        compile('org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.3.6') {
            exclude module: 'httpclient'
        }
        compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient-android:4.3.5'
        compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
        testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    }

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