Introduction

Version 1.4 is built on top of Android stock version of HttpClient, which is Google's fork of HttpClient 3.x. This means that some advanced functions of the protocol (ex.HTTP PATCH or some AUTH methods such asNTLM orSPNEGO) are unavailable due to limitations of the underlying HttpClient implementation.

Versions

Stable, all problems are known:1.4.4
Unstable, with known limitations and fixes from 1.4.4:1.4.5-SNAPSHOT (Compiled jar is available fromhere)

Tracking issues

• Current1.4.5:https://github.com/loopj/android-async-http/issues?milestone=2&state=open
• Next1.4.6:https://github.com/loopj/android-async-http/issues?milestone=4&state=open

Features since 1.4.4

• Overpassing self-signed SSL certificates withMySSLSocketFactory implementation
• Response Handlers
  • Receiving response to givenFile usingFileAsyncHttpResponseHandler
  • Receiving JSON data, deserialized using Android JSON implementation,JsonHttpResponseHandler
  • Providing custom JSON deserialization library usingBaseJsonHttpResponseHandler
  • Providing your own variant ofAsyncHttpResponseHandler by implementing interfaceResponseHandlerInterface
  • Receiving binary data (such as images or encrypted blobs) usingBinaryHttpResponseHandler

Features since 1.4.5

• Response Handlers
  • Receiving progress of upload and download (seeResponseHandlerInterface#sendProgressMessage)
  • Processing partially received data usingDataAsyncHttpResponseHandler
• Preemtive HTTP BASIC authentication (seeDataAsyncHttpResponseHandler)
• Correctly processing 301 and 302 redirects (seeMyRedirectHandler)
• Creating JSON objects and streaming them using provided HttpEntity subclassJsonStreamerEntity