"../../../reference/org/apache/http/client/HttpClient.html">HttpClient</a></code>. Both support HTTPS, streaming uploads and downloads,  configurable
timeouts, IPv6, and connection pooling. We recommend using <code><a href="../../../reference/java/net/HttpURLConnection.html">HttpURLConnection</a></code> for applications targeted at Gingerbread and higher. For
more discussion of this topic, see the blog post <a
href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/09/androids-http-clients.html"
>Android's HTTP C