google spreadsheet api from android: google-api-java-client or handmade?

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Published on 2011-12-26T06:39:49Z Indexed on 2012/04/04 17:29 UTC
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For working with google spreadsheet api from android (2.2) - google suggests using google-api-java-client for android. For that you have to include 5 jars to your android application:

guava-r09.jar
google-http-client-extensions-android2-1.6.0-beta.jar
google-api-client-extensions-android2-1.6.0-beta.jar
google-http-client-1.6.0-beta.jar
google-api-client-1.6.0-beta.jar

and digging into google-api-java-client javadocs for fast-changing api.

Does it worth the effort? in term of android specifics and device fragmentation?

Isn't it reasonable to write your own simple http response parser or take small existing library like google-spreadsheet-lib-android ?

Thanks!

UPD: choosed google-api-java-client finally as it has all routine stuff (like parsing http, xml) out of box

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