APL 1.0: Android Proxy Library first official stable release is out!

Sorry for the delay guys, but I've been busy working for you! As I promised in my last post, I spent my last weeks working on the first stable version of APL. It's almost usable now, but if you have further requests, please don't be shy and open a new issue request on the project page.

You can checkout the APL source code and try it. It contains a full working demo application, also released on the Play store.

On the wiki pages you'll find all the informations you need. Here you will find the first resources to getting started and begin to support the proxy settings in your applications.Your users will be grateful!!

Let's be realistic: Android 2.X devices won't ever get an official Wi-Fi Proxy support!

Dear all. 

I never wouldn't write this post, but with some help we have finally come to get the so long requested answers. Unfortunately these are not the answers we were hoping for, but at least now we can move forward and start to think how to make a patch to the errors made in the past (by someone other).

The most important piece of information came from a Google Developer Advocate, and I want to completely quote it here, but you can find the whole discussion on StackOverflow:

I don't think there was any platform-level support for Wi-Fi proxies before Gingerbread or perhaps Honeycomb. Edit: An Android engineer who works on this part of the platform confirms that the system didn't have proxies for different network types (e.g., Wi-Fi) until Honeycomb. So there is no "official" way to get the Wi-Fi proxy for 2.x. [Sparky]

Simple and clear, right?

What's the taste of the ice cream on my sandwich? How Android 4.0 ICS improves (not so much) the handling of Wi-Fi proxy

Hi Guys! I know it's been a long time since my last post. I'm sorry but, while I was waiting to receive some answers on Android Proxy, I decided to spend an entire month exploring alternative ways of seeing the world around me.

Anyway, let's get back to work. Since I'm preparing a big summarizing post regarding the proxy support (be prepared!), I decided to write a more simple post, just to stretch my hands... 

Today I want to go back to the users (hey guys, I never forgot you!!), talking about what Android 4.0 ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) changed regarding the Wi-Fi proxy handling.

To be honest not so much, just the addition to the default browser (and starting from yesterday also the latest version of Chrome) of the credentials for authenticated proxies, BUT unfortunately no changes on the API. So all the developers that want to handle authenticated proxies have to work with their hands at low level.

Idiot proofing second try: Proxy Settings App v1.3 for Android is out!

Hey guys. this post should not have been necessary. The new update for Proxy Settings should not have been necessary . An entire weekend wasted for insert new other idiot proof checks should not have been necessary. But because "fools' mother is always pregnant", the following is what I did in the last days.

Here you are the new updated version of Proxy Settings, and this is more or less the changelog for version 1.3:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lechucksoftware.proxy.proxysettings

Building the foundations for a fantastic future: Proxy Settings available in more Android markets!

Hey! Did you already vote for my proxy questions on StackOverflow? Not yet? Do it now! With some more answers we can approach to the final solution to our issue.

But today I'm optimistic, something is changed, some answers are starting to arrive, thank you some Googlers that finally decided to listen to me (thank you again for your patient guys!), so I created a new blog section called: Answered questions. I'll move here all the questions that will receive answers, so we can track the history to the investigation to the final solution.

In the meantime, following the requests received, I can proudly announce you that Proxy Settings is ready and available to donwload in two new repositories:

• Amazon Appstore for Android:

• GetJar:

Please let me know if you have more online repositories where you would like to see Proxy Settings. 

Happy download!