Android: HttpsUrlConnection with Authenticator for Basic Authentication iterates forever when password is wrong (on 401 response)

Question

I am using an HttpsUrlConnection with Basic Authentication by using an Authenticator and setting a default Authenticator object like t

Answer 1

I wish I knew the proper answer to this, because I ran into the exact same problem. I couldn't find a way to handle the authentication error, or even get notified about it.

I ended up having to use HttpClient instead.

HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet get = new HttpGet(loginUrl);
String authString = (userName+":"+password);
get.addHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + 
    Base64.encodeToString(authString.getBytes(),Base64.NO_WRAP));
HttpResponse response = client.execute(get);

BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));