Android loopj Async Http crashes after 1.4.5 update

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The new update for Android loopj Async Http lib is out and they changed a lot. Now you need to manually set `Looper.prepare()` otherwise it uses synchronious mode instead of async by default. I don't get where I need to set it. Logcat ``` 07-09 08:16:18.775: W/AsyncHttpResponseHandler(6606): Current thread has not called Looper.prepare(). Forcing synchronous mode. ``` After that message it totally crashes ``` 07-09 08:16:18.835: E/AndroidRuntime(6606): FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #1 07-09 08:16:18.835: E/AndroidRuntime(6606): java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground() 07-09 08:16:18.835: E/AndroidRuntime(6606): at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:278) 07-09 08:16:18.835: E/AndroidRuntime(6606): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerSetException(FutureTask.java:273) 07-09 08:16:18.835: E/AndroidRuntime(6606): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:124) 07-09 08:16:18.835: E/AndroidRuntime(6606): at java.util.co…

Accepted Answer

I had a similar issue and found that making HTTP requests with an AsyncHttpClient in a thread caused the problem.

I ran my HTTP request outside of the thread and it fixed the problem for me. You can try something like:

```
public class HttpRequest {

// A SyncHttpClient is an AsyncHttpClient
  public static AsyncHttpClient syncHttpClient= new SyncHttpClient();
  public static AsyncHttpClient asyncHttpClient = new AsyncHttpClient();

public static void setCookieStore(PersistentCookieStore cookieStore) {
      getClient().setCookieStore(cookieStore);
  }

public static void get(String url, RequestParams params, AsyncHttpResponseHandler responseHandler) {
      getClient().get(url, params, responseHandler);
  }

public static void post(String url, RequestParams params, AsyncHttpResponseHandler responseHandler) {
      getClient().post(url, params, responseHandler);
  }

/**
   * @return an async client when calling from the main thread, otherwise a sync client.
   */
  private static AsyncHttpClient getClient()
  {
      // Return the synchronous HTTP client when the thread is not prepared
      if (Looper.myLooper() == null)
          return syncHttpClient;
      return asyncHttpClient;
  }
}
```

Android loopj Async Http crashes after 1.4.5 update

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