Can/Should briefcase be usable behind a proxy about briefcase HOT 9 CLOSED

@yanokwa Just to let you know, I have started on this already. But it takes bit more time than I expected due to me having access to proxy network only for a limited time in a day :-) ...Will send the PR by tomorrow

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I think it's a good idea for Briefcase to be usable behind a proxy. Can you please do some research and propose how we fix this!

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Appspot instances require https (port 443).
The web server will trigger a hard redirect.
The connection layer is likely not detecting and handling that.

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Thanks @mitchellsundt for the hint. I'm looking in to this

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@yanokwa @mitchellsundt Adding following before the HttpClient creation worked. :-) Now the problem is how can we allow user to set these properties up? Via settings tab may be ?

HttpHost proxy = new HttpHost("PROXY_HOST", PROXY_PORT, "http");
DefaultProxyRoutePlanner routePlanner = new DefaultProxyRoutePlanner(proxy);
CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.custom() .setRoutePlanner(routePlanner) .build();

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Thanks for taking the lead on this and checking the following hint AND mocking up the UI! That's exactly the kind of initiative that we need!

I think settings is the natural place for the proxy, but how does this work across platforms or with Java installs that already have proxy settings? For example, OS X already has proxy settings. And Java lets you set proxy settings. Is this how most cross-platform Java apps do things?

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@yanokwa I think the settings in link you attached only applies for java applets. But for cross-platform JVM based apps, you need to configure the proxy settings.
An example would be, Eclipse which doesn't work behind a proxy until you set the proxy settings

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This is looking good to me, @rclakmal! Please send in a PR when you are ready.

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@yanokwa PR sent. Could get it done before expected. :-)

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