IOException: “Received authentication challenge is null” (Apache Harmony/Android)

Question

I am trying to send a GET via Android\'s HttpURLConnection (imported from org.apache.harmony.luni.internal.net.www.protocol.http.

Answer 1

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This exception just means malformed answer headers: the "WWW-Authenticate" header was not found. Also, chunked answers with 401 code are not supported, so you'll need "Content-Length" header (can be zero).