Much better than HttpUrlConnection though. As an aside, the http client API seems really well thought out, supporting all sorts of common use cases for http. On

Much better than HttpUrlConnection though. As an aside, the http client API seems really well thought out, supporting all sorts of common use cases for http. Once you convert the examples to some non trivial request response stuff, the new API shines. I think the job of pleasent APIs for starters is left to external libraries here.