Cannot instantiate the type HttpConnection

Question

the following is a part of my android java code, I am getting the error "Cannot instantiate the type HttpConnection"

import org.apache.http.HttpConnection;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;


public class MainActivity_test extends Activity 
{
   int resultcode,flag;    
   public static final int DIALOG_LOADING_PROGRESS = 0;
   HttpConnection con;
con = new HttpConnection();
.
.
.
}

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 10 '13 at 17:25

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HttpConnection is an interface, and hence you cannot construct an object from it.

answered Apr 10 '13 at 17:25

Raghav Sood

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 10 '13 at 17:25

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org.apache.http.HttpConnection is a interface, so you cannot create object out of it. See the API

answered Apr 10 '13 at 17:25

Pradeep Simha

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can i create an instance of HttpUrlConnection ?? – user1709815 Apr 10 '13 at 17:32

Cannot instantiate the type HttpConnection

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