Using cookies from httpclient in webview - cookies

Question

In my app I'm sending a device ID to a server using http post and I'm getting a session ID back. Now I need to get the session cookie in my webviewclient. I did some research and found this:
Android WebView Cookie Problem
The problem is the solution doesn't work for me. I keep getting an error on this line:
List<Cookie> cookies = httpClient.getCookieStore().getCookies();
The method getCookieStore() is undefined for HttpClient type. I should have all the right libraries loaded, so I don't know why I keep getting an error.
Here is my code, maybe someone will be able help me implement a solution to get the session cookie into my webview.
Thanks in advance!
package mds.DragonLords;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
public class Home extends Activity {
WebView mWebView;
private class HelloWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
#Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
view.loadUrl(url);
return true;
}
}
private String tmDevice;
private String sid;
private String url;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
final TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) getBaseContext().getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
tmDevice = "2" + tm.getDeviceId();
postData();
url = "myserver"+sid.substring(5);
setContentView(R.layout.web);
mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
mWebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
mWebView.setWebViewClient(new HelloWebViewClient());
mWebView.loadUrl(url);
}
public void postData() {
// Create a new HttpClient and Post Header
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("myserver");
try {
// Add your data
List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(1);
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("uid", tmDevice));
httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
// Execute HTTP Post Request
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
inputStreamToString(response.getEntity().getContent());
} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
}
}
private void inputStreamToString(InputStream is) {
String line = "";
StringBuilder total = new StringBuilder();
// Wrap a BufferedReader around the InputStream
BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
// Read response until the end
try {
while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
total.append(line);
}
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
sid = total.toString();
}
}

Answer 1

I've just ran into the same thing. I know it's an old post, but maybe it'll help somebody else.
The problem is in declaration of postData().
That line now is :
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
It should be:
DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
see this: http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/httpclient/apidocs/org/apache/http/impl/client/DefaultHttpClient.html