Volley is an Android networking library, an abstraction layer that simplifies a lot of boilerplate codes. To get started on using Volley, do the following: $git clone https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/volley $cd volley $android update project -p . $ant jar Then, copy bin/volley.jar into your Android project's libs/ folder. Personal Note: I'll be updating this article in further detail.