Getting NoSuchFieldError INSTANCE org/apache/http/message/BasicHeaderValueParser

Question

I'm working on an app on Android. I'm using httpcore 4.3.3. I get this when I try to use ContentType.parse(string)

java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: No static field INSTANCE of type Lorg/apache/http/message/BasicHeaderValueParser; in class Lorg/apache/http/message/BasicHeaderValueParser; or its superclasses (declaration of 'org.apache.http.message.BasicHeaderValueParser' appears in /system/framework/ext.jar)

I've done some googling and I understand why I'm getting the error, but I'm unsure how to fix it. From what I've read, it seems that ContentType tries to make use of the BasicHeaderValueParser that comes with Android and that class doesn't have the INSTANCE field yet. Any help please?

These are the relevant imports:

compile('org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.3.6') {
    exclude module: 'httpclient'
}
compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:4.3.3'

Answer 1

Unfortunately stock versions of HttpCore cannot be used in Android. Please use Apache HttpClient Android Port which also includes requisite HttpCore classes

compile('org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.3.6') {
    exclude module: 'httpclient'
}
compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient-android:4.3.5'

Answer 2

Download latest Apache Httpclient Jar file and refract path name. That works for me.

Answer 3

Looks like you use incompatible jar's for httpmime and httpclient-android. Try to use version 4.3.6 of httpmime

Answer 4

Simple solution is to use:

https://code.google.com/p/httpclientandroidlib/

It's the Appache HttpClient port for android wrap in a different package name so that will not interfere with the existing version in Android. Import the jar in the Android project and instead of "org.apache.http" use "ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib."

Answer 5

Just add httpmime_4.3.6.jar of version 4.3.6 file in lib folder and add

implementation files('lib/httpmime-4.3.6.jar') in gradle(app level)