Android Gradle Apache HttpClient does not exist

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I am trying to convert an IntelliJ project to the Gradle system of Android Studio but I am running into errors with Apache HttpClient  Am I missing something  the errors I am getting are as follows   Error  10  30  error  package org apache http client does not exist Error  11  30  error  package org apache http client does not exist Error  12  37  error  package org apache http client entity does not exist Error  13  38  error  package org apache http client methods does not exist Error  14  38  error  package org apache http client methods does not exist Error  15  38  error  package org apache http client methods does not exist Error  16  35  error  package org apache http impl client does not exist Error  134  33  error  cannot find symbol class HttpUriRequest Error  164  39  error  cannot find symbol class HttpUriRequest Error  106  17  error  cannot find symbol class HttpGet Error  106  39  error  cannot find symbol class HttpGet Error  117  17  error  cannot find symbol class HttpPost Error  117  40  error  cannot find symbol class HttpPost Error  125  43  error  cannot find symbol class UrlEncodedFormEntity Error  135  9  error  cannot find symbol class HttpClient Error  135  33  error  cannot find symbol class DefaultHttpClient Error  155  18  error  cannot find symbol class ClientProtocolException Error  165  9  error  cannot find symbol class HttpClient Error  165  33  error  cannot find symbol class DefaultHttpClient Error  185  18  error  cannot find symbol class ClientProtocolException   My build gradle file has the following dependencies   dependencies       compile  com google android gms play-services        compile  org apache httpcomponents httpclient 4 2 6      compile  org apache httpcomponents httpmime 4 2 6      compile files  libs core jar       It seems a lot of people are getting a similar problem but neither SO or Google have a solution so I am hoping this question will help future searchers

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if you are using target sdk as 23 add below code in your build.gradle

android{
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion '23.0.1'
    useLibrary  'org.apache.http.legacy'
}

and change your buildscript to

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

for more info follow this link

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The version of the Apache HTTP client provided on stock Android was very very old      Google Android 1 0 was released with a pre-BETA snapshot of Apache HttpClient  To coincide with the first Android release Apache HttpClient 4 0 APIs had to be frozen prematurely  while many of interfaces and internal structures were still not fully worked out  As Apache HttpClient 4 0 was maturing the project was expecting Google to incorporate the latest code improvements into their code tree  Unfortunately it did not happen    While you could keep using the old deprecated library via the useLibrary  org apache http legacy  workaround  suggested by  Jinu and others   you really need to bite the bullet and update to something else  for example the native Android HttpUrlConnection  or if that doesn t meet your needs  you can use the OkHttp library  which is what HttpUrlConnection is internally based upon anyway    OkHttp actually has a compatibility layer that uses the same API as the Apache client  though they don t implement all of the same features  so your mileage may vary   While it is possible to import a newer version of the Apache client  as suggested by  MartinPfeffer   it s likely that most of the classes and methods you were using before have been deprecated  and there is a pretty big risk that updating will introduce bugs in your code  for example I found some connections that previously worked from behind a proxy no longer worked   so this isn t a great solution

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I suggest you replace the deprecated apache HttpClient with the new HttpURLConnection   That s a cleaner solution  it s quite easy to migrate  and generally it s better to stick to the latest SDK changes than trying to hack patch workaround  you usually regret it later     Step 1  HttpGet httpGet   new HttpGet url     becomes   URL urlObj   new URL url     Step 2  HttpClient httpClient   new DefaultHttpClient    HttpContext localContext   new BasicHttpContext    HttpResponse response   httpClient execute httpGet  localContext   InputStream is   response getEntity   getContent      becomes   HttpURLConnection urlConnection    HttpURLConnection  urlObj openConnection    InputStream is   urlConnection getInputStream      Step 2 bis  int status   response getStatusLine   getStatusCode      becomes   int status   urlConnection getResponseCode

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I had this problem and then found these pages   Here you can see that apache library is deprecated  but it s not removed  so it should work  It doesn t    See    And here you can see how to include apache library to your project   See   I resolved problem by adding following to my build gradle file as recommended in second link   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    Hope this helps

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I had to post as none of the above answers worked completely for me   I am using Android Studio  classpath  com android tools build gradle 1 5 0   compileSdkVersion 23 buildToolsVersion  23 0 3    Step 1  Download lastest jar file  http   www-eu apache org dist  httpcomponents httpclient binary httpcomponents-client-4 5 2-bin zip   Step 2  Copy paste the  jar file to the libs folder  create if does not exist already  in your module  can be app or library   Step 3  Right click on the jar and  Add as Library   It will automatically add the jar file as a dependency in your module s gradle file  Step 4  Now automatically your problem will get resolved but in case you are using proguard in your app  it will give you warning about duplicate class files and won t let you build  It is a known bug and you need to add following to your proguard-rules  -dontwarn org apache commons    -keep class org apache http           -dontwarn org apache http      Good Luck

User · Answer

Basically all you need to do is add   useLibrary   org apache http legacy    To your build gradle file

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I cloned the following  https   github com google play-licensing  Then I imported that into my project

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I ran into similar problems  you might be able to get it to work using a similar method   First  try this with your current configuration  exclude httpclient from httpmime   dependencies       compile  com google android gms play-services        compile   org apache httpcomponents httpmime 4 2 6                exclude module   httpclient                compile  org apache httpcomponents httpclient 4 2 6       In my case  I fixed it by using the following jars     httpclient-android-4 3 5 1 jar httpmime-4 3 5 jar   Then  in the build gradle  excluding httpclient from httpmime   dependencies       compile  com google android gms play-services        compile  org apache httpcomponents httpmime 4 3 5             exclude module   httpclient            compile  org apache httpcomponents httpclient-android 4 3 5 1

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In my case  I updated one of my libraries in my android project   I m using Reservoir as my cache storage solution  https   github com anupcowkur Reservoir  I went from   compile  com anupcowkur reservoir 2 1    To   compile  com anupcowkur reservoir 3 1 0    The library author must have removed the commons-io library from the repo so my app no longer worked   I had to manually include the commons-io by adding this onto gradle   compile  commons-io commons-io 2 5    https   mvnrepository com artifact commons-io commons-io 2 5

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After spending days on the subject  I managed to solve it finally  Unfortunately we need it if we want to use expansion files  The solution has been provided by a few people here  but for me the answers were missing a few minor detail that could have saved a lot of time for me  Here is the sequence of events for novices like me to save your precious time   First I imported the  library  folder from D  Users Imre AppData Local Android sdk1 extras google play licensing to the project by going into File  New  Import Module and navigating to the  library  folder  If you open the SDK Manager and click on  Launch Standalone SDK Manager  in the bottom of the popup screen  you can hover your pointer over the  Extras  folder down in the bottom and the small yellow info will tell you where you will find the package that you need to import   Once that is done  go down to the  library  section in the left pane with  Project  and within it the  Android  tab open  Open the java section of the library and open the APKExpansionPolicy class  If you have errors and the import org apache http NameValuePair and the import org apache http client utils URLEncodedUtils are pale grey  open the build gradle Project whatever  and make sure that in  buildscript  under  dependancies  you have the  classpath  com android tools build gradle 1 5 0  included  The 1 5 0 might be different in your case  I guess it depends on your Studio version  Mine is 1 5 1  If yours is newer  you will be reminded to update the numbers   After that  go to  build gradle Module library  and include the  useLibrary  org apache http legacy  into the  android section  Sync Now  R H top corner  should be offered  Do it   If you get further error messages  I wouldn t know it because I did it the other way round   the Apache files might be missing from your project  as apache is not supported anymore  Find them in C D Users Yourname AppData Local Android Sdk platforms android-23 optional and copy paste them into yourproject app libs folder  You should have an optional json and an org apache http legacy jar file in there  You might be better off going to apache s website and dowloading the newest version  http   hc apache org downloads cgi Unzip it anywhere you want  open it  go to  lib   copy the httpclient-4 5 1 jar file and replace the org apache http legacy jar file with it    Sync and rebuild clean your project and it should be good to go   Just in case  open your terminal  L H bottom of Android Studio  and type in  gradlew clean   It will install a few things  Once it is done  type in  gradlew assemble   It will take a few minutes to finish  but it will give you the errors if you have any of course  If you cannot type in anything in the Terminal  launch command prompt  Windows button R   type in cmd  hit OK  right click on the title of the small black popup screen  C  WINDOWS system32 cmd exe   Properties  Options  in the bottom of the window check that  Use legacy console  is thicked  Restart A Studio   Good luck

User · Answer

Add this library into build gradle   android         useLibrary  org apache http legacy

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Perfect Answer by Jinu  and Daniel  Adding to this  I solved the Issue by Using This  if your compileSdkVersion is 19 IN MY CASE   compile   org apache httpcomponents httpmime 4 3        exclude group   org apache httpcomponents   module   httpclient    compile   org apache httpcomponents httpcore 4 4 1        exclude group   org apache httpcomponents   module   httpclient    compile  commons-io commons-io 1 3 2    else if your compileSdkVersion is 23 then use  android   useLibrary  org apache http legacy  packagingOptions       exclude  META-INF DEPENDENCIES      exclude  META-INF NOTICE      exclude  META-INF LICENSE      exclude  META-INF LICENSE txt      exclude  META-INF NOTICE txt

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I ran into the same issue  Daniel Nugent s answer helped a bit  after following his advice HttpResponse was found - but the HttpClient was still missing     So here is what fixed it for me     if not already done  commend previous import-statements out  visit http   hc apache org downloads cgi  get the 4 5 1 zip from the binary section unzip it and paste httpcore-4 4 3  amp  httpclient-4 5 1 jar in project libs folder right-click the jar and choose Add as library     Hope it helps

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copy org apache http legacy jar which is in Android Sdk platforms android-23 optional folder to to app libs  and also added this line to app gradle file  compile files  libs org apache http legacy jar     But if you re using more jar libraries  you can use this way  compile fileTree dir   libs   include      jar

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This is what I did  and it works for me   step 1  add this in the build grade module  app   compile  org jbundle util osgi wrapped org jbundle util osgi wrapped org apache http client 4 1 2    step 2  sync the project and done

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