implementation 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.13' <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> import org.apache.http.HttpResponse; import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient; import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet; import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient; import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils; Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://example.com/api/data"); try { HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet); String responseBody = EntityUtils.toString(httpResponse.getEntity()); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }); thread.start();