Which httpmime version can I use with Android's HttpClient?

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I need to upload files using Android's HttpClient. Unfortunately, Android doesn't include MultipartEntity, so I must using Apache's httpmime library.

I don't want to incur possible conflicts between the Android's HttpClient and the official HttpClient. Also, I don't want to bring in more outside libraries than I have to because I need to keep my method count low.

What version of httpmime will work with Android's HttpClient? All of the questions I've seen recommending httpmime also recommend using Apache's official HttpClient or HttpCore.

(I know I should use Retrofit, but I must use Android's HttpClient for compatibility with other libraries.)

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 19 '14 at 06:45

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dependencies {
    compile group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', name: 'httpclient-android', version: '4.3.5'
    compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.3.5'
}

answered Nov 19 '14 at 06:45

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though `compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient-android:4.3.5'`might look nicer. – petter Feb 06 '15 at 10:03

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '14 at 14:22

httpmime-4.2.6.jar worked fine all by itself. I needed no other dependencies besides that jar.

If you're using a dependency-managing build system like Maven or gradle, you'll notice that httpmime-4.2.6 depends on httpcore-4.2.5. Android's HttpClient seems compatible with httpcore-4.2.5, so I just excluded that dependency. My actual dependency declaration is below:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
    <artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>
    <version>4.2.6</version>
    <exclusions>
        <exclusion>
            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
            <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
    </exclusions>
</dependency>

Thanks a lot for this solution !! – Harshit Jain Oct 23 '14 at 09:45 — Harshit Jain, Oct 23 '14 at 09:45

Which httpmime version can I use with Android's HttpClient?

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