Can't get HttpParams working with Postrequest

Question

I can\'t get the HttpParams-stuff from the Android-API working.

I just wan\'t to send some simple Parameters with my Postrequest. Everything is working fine, except

Answer 1

Tried to get it work the first way, but it seems HttpParams interface isn't intended to be built for that. Having Googled for a while, I found this SO answer explaining it:

The HttpParams interface isn't there for specifying query string parameters, it's for specifying runtime behaviour of the HttpClient object.

The documentation isn't so specific, though:

HttpParams interface represents a collection of immutable values that define a runtime behavior of a component.

For setting connection and request timeouts, I've used a mix of both HttpParams and List, which is fully functional and uses the AndroidHttpClient class, available from API 8:

public HttpResponse securityCheck(String loginUrl, String name, String password) {
    AndroidHttpClient client = AndroidHttpClient.newInstance(null);
    HttpPost requestLogin = new HttpPost(
            loginUrl + "?");

    //Set my own params using NamaValuePairs
    List params = new ArrayList();
    params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("j_username", name));
    params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("j_password", password));

    //Set the timeouts using the wrapped HttpParams
    HttpParams httpParameters = client.getParams();
    int timeoutConnection = 3000;
    HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters, timeoutConnection);
    int timeoutSocket = 5000;
    HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParameters, timeoutSocket);
    try {
        requestLogin
                .setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(params, HTTP.UTF_8));
        HttpResponse response = client.execute(requestLogin);
        return response;
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage(), e);
        return null;
    }finally {
        client.close();
    }
}

See also:

• How to set HttpResponse timeout for Android in Java