cannot instantiate the type httpclient in android - httpclient

Question

Am getting an error with the following line of code
HttpClient Client= new HttpClient.
I have tried rewriting it as HttpClient Client= new DefaultHttpClient. but it solves the problem and creates a new error with other methods
.
Here is a glimpse of my code
protected static MDSResult doExecute(Context ctx, HttpMethod method){
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
SharedPreferences preferences =
PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(ctx);
MDSResult response = null;
// If there's a proxy enabled, use it.
String proxyHost = preferences.getString(
Constants.PREFERENCE_PROXY_HOST, "");
String sProxyPort = preferences.getString(
Constants.PREFERENCE_PROXY_PORT, "0");
boolean useSecure = preferences.getBoolean(
Constants.PREFERENCE_SECURE_TRANSMISSION, false);
int proxyPort = 0;
try {
if (!"".equals(sProxyPort))
proxyPort = Integer.parseInt(sProxyPort);
} catch(NumberFormatException e) {
Log.w(TAG, "Invalid proxy port: " + sProxyPort);
}
if (!"".equals(proxyHost) && proxyPort != 0) {
Log.i(TAG, "Setting proxy to " + proxyHost + ":" + proxyPort);
HostConfiguration hc = new HostConfiguration();
hc.setProxy(proxyHost, (int)proxyPort);
client.setHostConfiguration(hc);
}
// execute the Http/https method
try {
if(useSecure){
ProtocolSocketFactory ssl = new SimpleSSLProtocolSocketFactory();
Protocol https = new Protocol("https", ssl, 443);
Protocol.registerProtocol("https", https);
}
int status = client.executeMethod(method);
Log.d(TAG, "postResponses got response code " + status);
char buf[] = new char[20560];
Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(
method.getResponseBodyAsStream());
int total = reader.read(buf, 0, 20560);
String responseString = new String(buf);
Log.d(TAG, "Received from MDS:" + responseString.length()+" chars");
Gson gson = new Gson();
response = gson.fromJson(responseString, MDSResult.class);
}

Answer 1

You want DefaultHttpClient, not HttpClient like you mentioned. HttpClient is abstract so cannot be instantiated.
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
What is the error with the other methods when you use that ?
Also why not use HttpURLConnection ? I find it much more reliable.