Hi Plusminus,

i had test the code and it run success in Android 2.2. but if i run it on Android 1.1 it has error.

The Error :

"Host is unresolved: www.anddev.org:80"

i was add the user-permission. and the "Build Target = 8" , "minSDKversion = 2"

it can run in any version of Android except Android 1.1

is Android 1.1 no support internet? or it is any reason.

P/S: Sorry Im not very well in English grammer. Hope you understands what i'm talking about.

Thanks you.

Wynix

I wouldn't worry about testing on 1.1, there aren't any phones in the wild running it.

Test 1.5 and up.

As always correct me if I'm wrong.

Hi,

I have problem when i use my google app url which is deployed in the GAE.
the output is blank. I don't get any errors.

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[syntax="java"]
package cw.and.datafromweb;

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HostConfiguration;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnectionManager;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpState;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpURL;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.SimpleHttpConnectionManager;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
import org.apache.http.util.ByteArrayBuffer;
import org.apache.http.util.EncodingUtils;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class getdatafromweb extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   
   protected static HttpConnectionManager connectionManager = new  SimpleHttpConnectionManager();
   
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        TextView tv = new TextView(this);
        HttpConnection connection = null;
        String myString = null;
        String url = "http://xxxxxxx.appspot.com/show?query=select%20*%20from%20Trial%20where%20name%20=%20'sanjay'%20limit%201";
       
        try{            
           HttpURL httpURL = new HttpURL(url);
           HostConfiguration host = new HostConfiguration();
           host.setHost(httpURL.getHost(), httpURL.getPort());
           connection = connectionManager.getConnection(host);
           connection.open();
           PostMethod postMethod = new PostMethod(url);
            postMethod.execute(new HttpState(), connection);
            InputStream is = postMethod.getResponseBodyAsStream();
                                  
           BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(is);
           ByteArrayBuffer baf = new ByteArrayBuffer(450);
           int current = 0;
           while((current = bis.read()) != -1){
              baf.append((byte)current);
           }
           myString = EncodingUtils.getString(baf.toByteArray(), "ISO-8859-1");
           bis.close();
        }catch(Exception e){
           myString = e.getMessage();
        }finally{
           connection.close();
        }
        tv.append(myString);
        this.setContentView(tv);
    }
}[/syntax]

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I don know what's wrong. Please help me with this.

Thanks

hey +- ,
I was wondering if it is possible to run this code on an emulator
-Amine

plusminus wrote:

Getting Data From the Web (URLConnection via http)

What you will learn: You will learn how to download files/data from any URL (useful for reading the returned xml-data from Web2.0-APIs)

Problems/Questions: Write it right below...

Difficulty: 1.5 of 5

What it will look like:

Description:
0.) We will use just URL, URLConnection and InputStreams to receive data from a txt-file via http from the web. (works with any other dynamic url, too like the Google Weather API http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=Sc ... im,Germany )

This is the full Code:

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1. package org.anddev.android.getdatafromtheweb;
2.  
3. import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
4. import java.io.InputStream;
5. import java.net.URL;
6. import java.net.URLConnection;
7.  
8. import org.apache.http.util.ByteArrayBuffer;
9.  
10. import android.app.Activity;
11. import android.os.Bundle;
12. import android.widget.TextView;
13.  
14. public class GetDataFromTheWeb extends Activity {
15.         @Override
16.         public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
17.                 super.onCreate(icicle);
18.  
19.                 /* We will show the data we read in a TextView. */
20.                 TextView tv = new TextView(this);
21.                
22.                 /* Will be filled and displayed later. */
23.                 String myString = null;
24.                 try {
25.                         /* Define the URL we want to load data from. */
26.                         URL myURL = new URL(
27.                                         "http://www.anddev.org/images/tut/basic/getdatafromtheweb/loadme.txt");
28.                         /* Open a connection to that URL. */
29.                         URLConnection ucon = myURL.openConnection();
30.  
31.                         /* Define InputStreams to read
32.                          * from the URLConnection. */
33.                         InputStream is = ucon.getInputStream();
34.                         BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(is);
35.                        
36.                         /* Read bytes to the Buffer until
37.                          * there is nothing more to read(-1). */
38.                         ByteArrayBuffer baf = new ByteArrayBuffer(50);
39.                         int current = 0;
40.                         while((current = bis.read()) != -1){
41.                                 baf.append((byte)current);
42.                         }
43.  
44.                         /* Convert the Bytes read to a String. */
45.                         myString = new String(baf.toByteArray());
46.                 } catch (Exception e) {
47.                         /* On any Error we want to display it. */
48.                         myString = e.getMessage();
49.                 }
50.                 /* Show the String on the GUI. */
51.                 tv.setText(myString);
52.                 this.setContentView(tv);
53.         }
54. }

Parsed in 0.037 seconds, using GeSHi 1.0.8.4

Thats it

Regards,
plusminus

I have tried this code exactly as it was written other than changing the package name to match my code and I seem to get "Permission Denied" every time it is executed, even when changing the web address. I have been testing on the emulator using 2.2. Any help would be appreciated, as getting web requests working is integral to the application.

Aha, I figured it out, needed to add the INTERNET permission to the manifest, sorry I am a real newbie coding for the Android platform.

If anyone is getting:
"Host Is Unresolved" errors;
"Permission Denied" errors;
Blank text instead of a web page;
No recognition when typing in URLs

Just make sure you add the following permissions to your AndroidManifest.xml under the <manifest...>:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"></uses-permission>

Hope this helps any newcomers!

Hi plusminus,

I'm using your code, which works perfectly when I want to download text files.
But, I want to download a 9Mo size .mp4 video, and it doesn't work.


It results of a Exception :

08-20 12:57:35.381: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2484): Uncaught handler: thread AsyncTask #1 exiting due to uncaught exception
08-20 12:57:35.381: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2484): java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground()
08-20 12:57:35.381: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2484): at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:200)
08-20 12:57:35.381: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2484): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerSetException(FutureTask.java:234)
08-20 12:57:35.381: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2484): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:258)
08-20 12:57:35.381: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2484): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:122)
08-20 12:57:35.381: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2484): at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:648)
08-20 12:57:35.381: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2484): at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:673)
08-20 12:57:35.381: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2484): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1060)
08-20 12:57:35.381: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2484): Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
08-20 12:57:35.381: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2484): at org.apache.http.util.ByteArrayBuffer.expand(ByteArrayBuffer.java:57)
08-20 12:57:35.381: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2484): at org.apache.http.util.ByteArrayBuffer.append(ByteArrayBuffer.java:84)



Do you know how to download large files (~100Mo) ???


Thanks in advance.

How would you read each line of the returned data?

Hi plusminus,
did you find solution with the charset issue,
I am trying to figure the same thing while loading Hebrew into webview but get no luck with it.
the funny thing is that when using 1.6 and upper version webview work OK with the my spesiffic charset....

I've found the solution to my problem.
I give you the method :


Here is the explanation found on stackOverflow
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/576513/android-download-binary-file-problems

I don't know if it's the only problem, but you've got a classic Java glitch in there: You're not counting on the fact that read() is always allowed to return fewer bytes than you ask for. Thus, your read could get less than 1024 bytes but your write always writes out exactly 1024 bytes possibly including bytes from the previous loop iteration.

Correct with:

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while ( (len1 = in.read(buffer)) > 0 ) {
         f.write(buffer,0, len1);

}

Hope this helps someone.

Thanks a lot for this tutorial.
I have test it with a long txt file. I don't see all of the text and it is not possible to scroll.
How it is possible to scroll if the txt file is too long ?

I simply get the text
"www.anddev.org"
I use at API Level 9. Has the file here changed or something?

Just to add the problem I have faced, IF you get permission error for Internet
Edit your android manifest xml file to add the following line
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

Hi To All Professionals out there,

I'm a newbie android developer. Can i access the URL with basic authentication using plusminus codes posted on the first page? If yes.. How?

Thanks in advance...

I want to control a pan 'n tilt ip camera by using an app, the url command to turn the camera to the right is: http://fizix.dyndns.org/decoder_control.cgi?command=6.

So, in my app, when I click the button that says ' turn right', it should execute that url.

I have no problems making the buttons etc. I am just wondering how to execute the URL.

Can anyone help me out here?

~Qubiz