Question

Have the following code:

if (post) {
    HttpPost request = new HttpPost(url);
    Log.i(TAG, "Posting URL: " + url);
} else {
    HttpGet request = new HttpGet(url);
    Log.i(TAG, "Getting URL: " + url);              
}

...
if (signed) {
    OAuthConsumer consumer = getConsumer(prefs);
    consumer.sign(request); // here is the error
}

How to fix it?

Answer 1

You need to define your request outside of the if statement:

HttpRequestBase request = null;

if (post) {
    request = ...
} else {
    request = ...
}

otherwise your the scope of your request variable is limited to the body of the if statement.