Is AndroidHttpClient thread safe

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I was wondering, whether is AndroidHttpClient thread safe, as this is not being mentioned in documentation. Means, a single instance of AndroidHttpClient can be shared among multiple threads.

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '12 at 14:41

Yes, it is thread safe.

AndroidHttpClient is a special implementation of DefaultHttpClient which is pre-configured for Android. It registers the ThreadSafeClientConnManager which allows thread safe HTTP access via a managed connection pool. AndroidHttpClient also applies reasonable default settings for timeouts and socket buffer sizes. It also supports HTTPS by default.

You can find the source code here.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 19 '12 at 14:48

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It is Thread safe according the code, since it uses

ClientConnectionManager manager =
                new ThreadSafeClientConnManager(params, schemeRegistry);

as per source

The only drawback to this is that it's Api level 8 and above (2.2.x)

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 18 '12 at 12:29

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Yes it's thread safe. Also, be sure to use the factory method:

newInstance(String userAgent, Context context)

when using it with HTTPS to ensure caching of SSL sessions.

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