# android-async-http/android-async-http

An asynchronous, callback-based Http client for Android built on top of Apache's HttpClient libraries.

Repository: https://github.com/android-async-http/android-async-http
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-async-http
Homepage: https://github.com/android-async-http/android-async-http#this-project-is-no-longer-maintained-and-is-currently-deprecated-and-insecure-to-use
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, java
Last push: 2023-04-17T14:55:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5673, "days_push": 1234, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10580, forks 4028 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:42.456334+00:00)

## What it is
An asynchronous, callback-based HTTP client library for Android built on top of Apache's HttpClient libraries. It handles requests off the UI thread with a threadpool, supporting multipart uploads, gzip decoding, JSON response parsing, retries, and a persistent cookie store.

## Use cases
- make async HTTP requests from an Android app
- upload files via multipart POST on Android
- parse JSON HTTP responses with callbacks
- retry HTTP requests on flaky mobile connections
- persist cookies across app sessions
- keep HTTP requests off the Android UI thread

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Android app already using loopj's async-http
- you need a tiny (~60kb) callback-based HTTP client on old Android versions

## When to avoid
- starting a new Android project - the project is deprecated and insecure to use
- you need modern TLS/HTTP2 support or ongoing maintenance
- you prefer coroutine/Retrofit/OkHttp-based networking

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client, file-upload, serialization
- domain: mobile-development, web-development, android-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: async-http, callbacks, multipart-upload, deprecated, apache-httpclient, android

## Member repositories
- android-async-http/android-async-http (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:42.456334+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:18:30.824891+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/android-async-http/android-async-http (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:42.456334+00:00, sha 7eb4d8bafb25)
  - homepage: https://github.com/android-async-http/android-async-http#this-project-is-no-longer-maintained-and-is-currently-deprecated-and-insecure-to-use (fetched 2026-08-29T08:17:37.152305+00:00, sha b6a5cbc36e8d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.