diff --git a/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/Async.java b/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/Async.java
index 574bbfd76..631277fee 100644
--- a/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/Async.java
+++ b/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/Async.java
@@ -164,8 +164,9 @@ public class Async
 
 	public static class Http
 	{
-		private static final String DeleteMethod = "DELETE";
-		private static final String GetMethod = "GET";
+		private static final String DELETE_METHOD = "DELETE";
+		private static final String GET_METHOD = "GET";
+		private static final String HEAD_METHOD = "HEAD";
 		private static CookieManager cookieManager;
 
 		public static class KeyValuePair
@@ -399,7 +400,7 @@ public class Async
 					HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
 
 					// set the request method
-					String requestMethod = options.method != null ? options.method.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH) : GetMethod;
+					String requestMethod = options.method != null ? options.method.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH) : GET_METHOD;
 					connection.setRequestMethod(requestMethod);
 
 					// add the headers
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ public class Async
 					}
 
 					// Do not attempt to write the content (body) for DELETE method, Java will throw directly
-					if (requestMethod != DeleteMethod)
+					if (!requestMethod.equals(DELETE_METHOD))
 					{
 						options.writeContent(connection, openedStreams);
 					}
@@ -425,7 +426,10 @@ public class Async
 
 					// build the result
 					result.getHeaders(connection);
-					result.readResponseStream(connection, openedStreams, options);
+					if (!requestMethod.equals(HEAD_METHOD))
+					{
+						result.readResponseStream(connection, openedStreams, options);
+					}
 
 					// close the opened streams (saves copy-paste implementation
 					// in each method that throws IOException)