ionic cordova build android - error: package org.apache.http does not exist import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;

Your Environment

• Plugin version: ^3.1.0
• Platform: iOS or Android
• OS version: Windows 10 Home (1903)
• Device manufacturer and model: Samsung Galaxy S10+

• Running in Simulator: No
• Cordova version (cordova -v): 9.0.0 (cordova-lib@9.0.1)
• Cordova platform version (cordova platform ls): Installed platforms: android 8.1.0 Available platforms: browser ^6.0.0 electron ^1.0.0 ios ^5.0.0 osx ^5.0.0 windows ^7.0.0
• Plugin configuration options: “cordova”: { “plugins”: { “cordova-plugin-whitelist”: {}, “cordova-plugin-statusbar”: {}, “cordova-plugin-device”: {}, “cordova-plugin-splashscreen”: {}, “cordova-plugin-ionic-webview”: { “ANDROID_SUPPORT_ANNOTATIONS_VERSION”: “27.+” }, “cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard”: {}, “cordova-plugin-geolocation”: { “GEOLOCATION_USAGE_DESCRIPTION”: “To log kms travel” }, “cordova-plugin-advanced-http”: {}, “cordova-plugin-background-geolocation”: { “GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION”: “11+”, “ANDROID_SUPPORT_LIBRARY_VERSION”: “26+”, “ICON”: “@mipmap/icon”, “SMALL_ICON”: “@mipmap/icon”, “ACCOUNT_NAME”: “@string/app_name”, “ACCOUNT_LABEL”: “@string/app_name”, “ACCOUNT_TYPE”: “$PACKAGE_NAME.account”, “CONTENT_AUTHORITY”: “$PACKAGE_NAME” }, “cordova-android-support-gradle-release”: { “ANDROID_SUPPORT_VERSION”: “27.+” } },
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Context

running ionic cordova build android

Expected Behavior

Successful build

Actual Behavior

C:\Work\kms-app\platforms\android\gradlew: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output: C:\Work\kms-app\platforms\android\app\src\main\java\com\zencity\cordova\bgloc\LocationUpdateService.java:6: error: package org.apache.http does not exist import org.apache.http.HttpResponse; ^ C:\Work\kms-app\platforms\android\app\src\main\java\com\zencity\cordova\bgloc\LocationUpdateService.java:7: error: package org.apache.http.client.methods does not exist import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost; ^ C:\Work\kms-app\platforms\android\app\src\main\java\com\zencity\cordova\bgloc\LocationUpdateService.java:8: error: package org.apache.http.entity does not exist import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity; ^ C:\Work\kms-app\platforms\android\app\src\main\java\com\zencity\cordova\bgloc\LocationUpdateService.java:9: error: package org.apache.http.impl.client does not exist import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient; ^ C:\Work\kms-app\platforms\android\app\src\main\java\com\zencity\cordova\bgloc\LocationUpdateService.java:662: error: cannot find symbol DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(); ^ symbol: class DefaultHttpClient location: class LocationUpdateService C:\Work\kms-app\platforms\android\app\src\main\java\com\zencity\cordova\bgloc\LocationUpdateService.java:662: error: cannot find symbol DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(); ^ symbol: class DefaultHttpClient location: class LocationUpdateService C:\Work\kms-app\platforms\android\app\src\main\java\com\zencity\cordova\bgloc\LocationUpdateService.java:663: error: cannot find symbol HttpPost request = new HttpPost(url); ^ symbol: class HttpPost location: class LocationUpdateService C:\Work\kms-app\platforms\android\app\src\main\java\com\zencity\cordova\bgloc\LocationUpdateService.java:663: error: cannot find symbol HttpPost request = new HttpPost(url); ^ symbol: class HttpPost location: class LocationUpdateService C:\Work\kms-app\platforms\android\app\src\main\java\com\zencity\cordova\bgloc\LocationUpdateService.java:677: error: cannot find symbol StringEntity se = new StringEntity(params.toString()); ^ symbol: class StringEntity location: class LocationUpdateService C:\Work\kms-app\platforms\android\app\src\main\java\com\zencity\cordova\bgloc\LocationUpdateService.java:677: error: cannot find symbol StringEntity se = new StringEntity(params.toString()); ^ symbol: class StringEntity location: class LocationUpdateService C:\Work\kms-app\platforms\android\app\src\main\java\com\zencity\cordova\bgloc\LocationUpdateService.java:691: error: cannot find symbol HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(request); ^ symbol: class HttpResponse location: class LocationUpdateService Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details. Note: C:\Work\kms-app\platforms\android\app\src\main\java\org\apache\cordova\file\AssetFilesystem.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details. 11 errors

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong: Execution failed for task ‘:app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac’.

Possible Fix

Steps to Reproduce

Context

Debug logs

[json-alzate]

Edit your build.gradle file so that it looks like this:

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android {
    useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'

    ...
}

...

Same problem here… Thanks for your answer, but it does not work for me

[dioslibre]

Edit your build.gradle file so that it looks like this:

...

android {
    useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'

    ...
}

...