Base API class

CloudkickAPI.java

public class CloudkickAPI {
    private static final String TAG = "CloudkickAPI";
    private static String API_HOST = "api.cloudkick.com";
    private static String API_VERSION = "1.0";
    private final String key;
    private final String secret;
    private final HttpClient client;
    private SharedPreferences prefs = null;

    public CloudkickAPI(Context context) throws EmptyCredentialsException {
        prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
        key = prefs.getString("editKey", "");
        secret = prefs.getString("editSecret", "");
        if (key == "" || secret == "") {
                throw new EmptyCredentialsException();
        }

        HttpParams params = new BasicHttpParams();
        HttpProtocolParams.setVersion(params, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
        HttpProtocolParams.setContentCharset(params, HTTP.DEFAULT_CONTENT_CHARSET);
        HttpProtocolParams.setUseExpectContinue(params, true);

        SchemeRegistry registry = new SchemeRegistry();
        registry.register(new Scheme("http", PlainSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), 80));
        registry.register(new Scheme("https", SSLSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), 443));

        ClientConnectionManager connman = new ThreadSafeClientConnManager(params, registry);
        client = new DefaultHttpClient(connman, params);
    }
}