No local caching of network.request on Android?

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#1

I’ve noticed that when using network.request there isn’t any local caching of requests on Android.  Is this an expected behavior?

I have an API endpoint (HTTPS) that returns a Last-Modified date in the response header.  On iOS (and the iOS and corona simulator) I can see subsequent requests sending the If-Modified-Since header allowing my endpoint to respond with a 304 (Not modified) response.

network.request itself will return a status of 200 (which is fine) for either the 200 or 304 response codes.

On android it doesn’t appear to cache any responses and never sends back the If-Modified-Since header.   Am I correct that your Android implementation of network.request does not have a caching layer? 

It looks like Android didn’t provide this service until 4.0 - http://developer.android.com/training/efficient-downloads/redundant_redundant.html#ResponseCache

#2

Engineering has confirmed that Android (and most likely Windows Phone 8) do not cache these items.

Rob

#3

Thanks for the confirmation.

#4

Engineering has confirmed that Android (and most likely Windows Phone 8) do not cache these items.

Rob

#5

Thanks for the confirmation.