Sharing DefaultHttpClient in Android. To synchronize or not to synchronize?

In an Android app, I am using one static instance of org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient and sharing that instance in all activities and services 开发者_开发技巧of the app, so that this client may be used to log in once to a remote server and all subsequent user requests to that remote server will remain authenticated.

Every activity or Service that makes a GET or POST to this remote server calls the same method : MyUtilityClass.gettHttpClient()

Do I need to worry about synchronization of this httpclient? If so, what is the best way to handle this?

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Use ThreadSafeConnectionManager, but be sure to call httpResponse.getEntity().consumeContent() after processing the response in order to ensure that connections are released back to the pool.

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Use a ThreadSafeConnectionManager, then you do not need to synchronize.

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You can use AndroidHttpClient1. It is properly configured and already uses ThreadSafeClientConnManager