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Synchronous httpclient

I'm using the android SDK at the moment and I am trying to do a synchronous httpclient request, unfortunately no matter how I set the 3rd parameter of xhr.open() it always works asynchronously.

Am I missing something or is this messed up at the moment?

— asked April 9th 2010 by JT Jankowiak
  • 1.2
  • android
  • httpclient
  • mobile
  • synchronous
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  • For future reference, the doc for HTTPClient now reads: The Android platform does not support synchronous requests.

    — commented December 20th 2013 by Michael Stelly

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  • Just my 2 cents, but you should REALLY update the documentation (or even better, the Network open() function) so that people (like me) don't try to make synchronous calls.

    It's a pain to read something in the doc, which is actually not right and to lose 2 hours trying to figure it out (before finding this post :/)

    HMax

    — answered September 28th 2010 by HMax
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    • Glad I saw this! WTF?

      — commented June 8th 2011 by Anthony Sosso

  • The documentation for http://developer.appcelerator.com/apidoc/mobile/latest/Titanium.Network.HTTPClient.open-method.html should be updated to note that the third parameter is meaningless and has no effect.

    — answered March 3rd 2011 by jeffrey wong
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  • We only provide asynchronous access. Given the slow speed of connections, the UI would hang and cause the OS to throw up the kill or wait dialog.

    — answered April 9th 2010 by Don Thorp
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  • I added Ticket 2021 to track the suggestion.

    — answered October 6th 2010 by Don Thorp
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  • Why is this not documented ?

    — answered February 3rd 2011 by Paul Krefta
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    • Did you look at Don's post? A ticket was created to update the documentation and that was resolved on Jan 21. See this page for the changes. I suspect though that changes the 1.6.x docs, not the 1.5.x docs you see now. As mentioned here, it sounds like 1.6.x will go GA later this month.

      — commented February 3rd 2011 by Doug Handy
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