apache httpclient 4.4: HostnameVerifier transition from 4.3.x

Question

HttpClient 4.3 had three static variables in org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory:

1. STRICT_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER
2. BROWSER_COMPATIBLE

Answer 1

I read all this and nothing worked for me, here's what saved my day: https://stackoverflow.com/a/36507502/3090309

I was using:

compile group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', name: 'httpclient', version: '4.5.2'