Android 9 - Apache HTTP client deprecation

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Websocket.PCL library has worked just fine for Android until version 9 is targeted.
Ref: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/pie/android-9.0-changes-28#apache-p

Project is always getting exception:
Java.Lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Lorg/apache/http/RequestLine;

Tried to add in androidmanifest.xml:
uses-library android:name="org.apache.http.legacy" android:required="false" /
Tried to set required to true and it worked. But how long will it be available in the optional directory of the sdks?

But now you have to have to bundle this library to get it back running.
Any tips for a quickfix or should I move along to another WSClient?