May the Force be with your Android: use HttpURLConnection Devs!

Hi Guys. Have you already downloaded Proxy Settings? No? You should! Please stop reading this post if you haven't already done! It's the first step!!

We need to provide the users simple and easy solutions. But I already told you that...

Today I need to update some comments I made regarding how to use the system proxy settings, for the following reason: a couple of months ago (ok, maybe I'm not The Flash), Google Developer Jesse Wilson spoke about the best practices for Android’s HTTP Clients, so I have to refresh the instructions for the developers in order to better handling the proxy settings in their own applications.

So what did Jesse say? I don't want to repeat what he already well explained. Basically the condensed part of his post is that if your target is >= Gingerbread  (2.3) you should use HttpURLConnection for your Http Client.

A touch of social: Android Proxy Project on Facebook and Google Plus!!

Just a spicy news for all you geeks. Starting from today this project is more social! I just opened a G+ page. You can find it here.

You will find all the posts of the blog and some other flash news regarding the big project I'm working on. So please subscribe, comment, do something!

UPDATE 17/05/2012:We have also a Facebook page!

One step at a time: the default Proxy Settings Activity for all!

First of all, this isn't what I promised (but I'm still working on the final solution, don't worry). Take it as a small step on the right path. The beginning of a changing revolution (maybe it's a little too much, ok). 

Anyway, let's skip the explanations/justifications and present what I published on the Market. It's called Proxy Settings and it does only one simple thing: it calls the hidden activity created by the Android developers. Stop! End! Finish! Multa! Fine! Geldstrafe!