Why not just use the built-in http clients? They are optimized for Android and you don't bloat your app with extra dependencies like junit. See here for more information: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/09/androids-http-clients.html
Uwe On Wednesday, June 20, 2012 8:12:26 AM UTC+2, bibble_235 wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to start writing Android apps and seemed to have fallen over on my > first one. I have a java program which consists of an activity which calls > another activity. This works fine and all is good. Now I want to connect to > a server and I have choosen to use apache commons-httpclient-3.1.jar. > > Reading the documentation from apache it says I need as dependencies > > commons-codec-1.2.jar and > commons-logging-1.0.4.jar > junit- 3.8.1.jar > > http://hc.apache.org/httpclient-3.x/dependencies.html > > I added these to the build path. I am using eclipse 3.7.2 and Android 4.0.3 > > Each time I run the software I get ClassNotFoundException. I understand > what this means but have no idea why it is happen. > > - Is it ok to use commons-httpclient-3.1.jar does the android VM support > it? > - is there an alternative > - Is there something in the packaging I should be doing. I assumed this is > all done for me > - Is there a way to understand which jar/class is missing > > *Class being instaniated is > * > import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient; > > public class TestClient extends HttpClient { > > } > > Thanks, > Iain > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
