Enable gzip compression with HttpClient. All code from the goole IOSched app.

gzip compression with http

private static final String HEADER_ACCEPT_ENCODING = "Accept-Encoding";
private static final String ENCODING_GZIP = "gzip";

final DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(manager, parameters);
                
client.addRequestInterceptor(new HttpRequestInterceptor() {
  public void process(HttpRequest request, HttpContext context) {
    // Add header to accept gzip content
    if (!request.containsHeader(HEADER_ACCEPT_ENCODING)) {
      request.addHeader(HEADER_ACCEPT_ENCODING, ENCODING_GZIP);
    }
  }
});

client.addResponseInterceptor(new HttpResponseInterceptor() {
  public void process(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context) {
    // Inflate any responses compressed with gzip
    final HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
    final Header encoding = entity.getContentEncoding();
    if (encoding != null) {
      for (HeaderElement element : encoding.getElements()) {
        if (element.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(ENCODING_GZIP)) {
          response.setEntity(new InflatingEntity(response.getEntity()));
          break;
        }
      }
    }
  }
});