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Author: loopj

README.md

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 Asynchronous Http Client for Android
 ====================================
 
-An asynchronous callback-based Http client for Android built on top of Apache's [HttpClient](http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/) libraries.
+An asynchronous, callback-based Http client for Android built on top of Apache's [HttpClient](http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/) libraries.
+
 
 Features
 --------
-* Make asynchronous HTTP requests, handle responses in callbacks
-* HTTP requests do not happen in the android UI thread
-* Requests use a threadpool to cap concurrent resource usage
-* Retry requests to help with bad connectivity
-* GET/POST params builder (RequestParams)
-* Optional built-in response parsing into JSON (JsonHttpResponseHandler)
-* Optional persistent cookie store, saves cookies into your app's SharedPreferences
-
-Basic Example
--------------
-    import com.loopj.android.http.*;
-
-    public class ExampleUsage {
-        public static void makeRequest() {
-            AsyncHttpClient client = new AsyncHttpClient("My User Agent");
-
-            client.get("http://www.google.com", new AsyncHttpResponseHandler() {
-                @Override
-                public void onSuccess(String response) {
-                    System.out.println(response);
-                }
-            });
-        }
-    }
-
-How to Build a Basic Twitter Rest Client
-----------------------------------------
-    // Build a static wrapper library around AsyncHttpClient
-    import com.loopj.android.http.*;
-
-    public class TwitterRestClient {
-        private static final String USER_AGENT = "Example Twitter Rest Client";
-        private static final String BASE_URL = "http://api.twitter.com/1/";
-
-        private static AsyncHttpClient client = new AsyncHttpClient(USER_AGENT);
-
-        public static void get(String url, RequestParams params, AsyncHttpResponseHandler responseHandler) {
-            client.get(getAbsoluteUrl(url), params, responseHandler);
-        }
-
-        public static void post(String url, RequestParams params, AsyncHttpResponseHandler responseHandler) {
-            client.get(getAbsoluteUrl(url), params, responseHandler);
-        }
-
-        private static String getAbsoluteUrl(String relativeUrl) {
-            return BASE_URL + relativeUrl;
-        }
-    }
-
+- Make **asynchronous** HTTP requests, handle responses in **anonymous callbacks**
+- HTTP requests happen **outside the UI thread**
+- Requests use a **threadpool** to cap concurrent resource usage
+- GET/POST **params builder** (RequestParams)
+- Automatic smart **request retries** optimized for spotty mobile connections
+- Automatic **gzip** response decoding support for super-fast requests
+- Optional built-in response parsing into **JSON** (JsonHttpResponseHandler)
+- Optional **persistent cookie store**, saves cookies into your app's SharedPreferences
 
-    // Use the TwitterRestClient in your app
-    import org.json.*;
-    import com.loopj.android.http.*;
 
-    class TwitterRestClientUsage {
-        public void getPublicTimeline() throws JSONException {
-            TwitterRestClient.get("statuses/public_timeline.json", null, new JsonHttpResponseHandler() {
-                @Override
-                public void onSuccess(JSONArray response) {
-                    JSONObject firstEvent = timeline.get(0);
-                    String tweetText = firstEvent.getString("text");
+Documentation, Features and Examples
+------------------------------------
+Full details and documentation can be found on the project page here:
 
-                    // Do something with the response
-                    System.out.println(tweetText);
-                }
-            });
-        }
-    }
+http://loopj.com/android-async-http/