I am trying to connect via HttpPost and send a username and password to a website and then receive a string from that website. I have tried various methods that have worked for me in the past but now when I send the username and password identifiers the app times out for as long as 4 minutes and then spits out the following exception:
07-16 16:32:32.897: W/System.err(632): Unable to connect to the server
07-16 16:32:32.907: W/System.err(632): org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connection to http://devdashboard.company refused
07-16 16:32:32.917: W/System.err(632): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:183)
07-16 16:32:32.917: W/System.err(632): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:164)
07-16 16:32:32.917: W/System.err(632): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:119)
07-16 16:32:32.917: W/System.err(632): at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:360)
07-16 16:32:32.917: W/System.err(632): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:555)
07-16 16:32:32.917: W/System.err(632): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:487)
07-16 16:32:32.927: W/System.err(632): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:465)
07-16 16:32:32.927: W/System.err(632): at company.android.dashboard.app.HttpHelperAndroid.sendToHttp(HttpHelperAndroid.java:66)
07-16 16:32:32.927: W/System.err(632): at company.android.dashboard.app.DashboardAppActivity.goToDashboard(DashboardAppActivity.java:62)
07-16 16:32:32.927: W/System.err(632): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
07-16 16:32:32.937: W/System.err(632): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
07-16 16:32:32.937: W/System.err(632): at android.view.View$1.onClick(View.java:3039)
07-16 16:32:32.947: W/System.err(632): at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:3511)
07-16 16:32:32.947: W/System.err(632): at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:14105)
07-16 16:32:32.947: W/System.err(632): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:605)
07-16 16:32:32.957: W/System.err(632): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
07-16 16:32:32.957: W/System.err(632): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
07-16 16:32:32.967: W/System.err(632): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4424)
07-16 16:32:32.977: W/System.err(632): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
07-16 16:32:32.977: W/System.err(632): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
07-16 16:32:32.977: W/System.err(632): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784)
07-16 16:32:32.987: W/System.err(632): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551)
07-16 16:32:32.987: W/System.err(632): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
07-16 16:32:32.987: W/System.err(632): Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: failed to connect to /50.19.240.232 (port 80): connect failed: ETIMEDOUT (Connection timed out)
07-16 16:32:32.997: W/System.err(632): at libcore.io.IoBridge.connect(IoBridge.java:114)
07-16 16:32:32.997: W/System.err(632): at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:192)
07-16 16:32:32.997: W/System.err(632): at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:459)
07-16 16:32:33.007: W/System.err(632): at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:842)
07-16 16:32:33.007: W/System.err(632): at org.apache.http.conn.scheme.PlainSocketFactory.connectSocket(PlainSocketFactory.java:119)
07-16 16:32:33.017: W/System.err(632): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:144)
07-16 16:32:33.017: W/System.err(632): ... 22 more
07-16 16:32:33.027: W/System.err(632): Caused by: libcore.io.ErrnoException: connect failed: ETIMEDOUT (Connection timed out)
07-16 16:32:33.047: W/System.err(632): at libcore.io.Posix.connect(Native Method)
07-16 16:32:33.047: W/System.err(632): at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.connect(BlockGuardOs.java:85)
07-16 16:32:33.047: W/System.err(632): at libcore.io.IoBridge.connectErrno(IoBridge.java:127)
07-16 16:32:33.057: W/System.err(632): at libcore.io.IoBridge.connect(IoBridge.java:112)
07-1
6 16:32:33.057: W/System.err(632): ... 27 more
Internet permission IS enabled in my XML manifest file
My current implementation goes like this:
String LOGIN = "email@gmail.com";
String PASSWORD ="password1";
//JSONObject to send the username and pw
JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
//put the path in the JSONArray object
JSONArray vect = new JSONArray();
vect.put("company Android Library");
vect.put("Rocket Ship");
int duration = 50;
try {
json.put("email", LOGIN);
json.put("password", PASSWORD);
json.put("json", "true");
} catch (JSONException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
Log.d(TAG, "ABOUT TO SEND:" + json.toString());
JSONObject inJson = HttpHelperAndroid.sendToHttp(json, "http://devdashboard.company/login");
if(inJson != null)
{
Log.d(TAG, "RECIEVED the JSON:" + inJson.toString());
}
else
Log.d(TAG, "THE RESPONSE WAS NULL");
}
And the HttpHelperAndroid class looks like so:
public class HttpHelperAndroid
{
private static final String TAG = "HttpHelperAndroid";//TAG for the LogCat(debugging)
private static boolean responseSuccessful = true;
/**
* sends the JSONObject parameter to the desired URL parameter and gets the response
*
* @param url the URL to which the JSONObject should be sent
* @param jsonObjOut the JSONObject that is to be sent
* @return the response from the server as a JSONObject
*/
public static JSONObject sendToHttp(JSONObject jsonObjOut, String url) {
responseSuccessful = true;
try
{
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httpRequest = new HttpPost(url);
//convert the JSONObject to a string
StringEntity se;
//set our StringEntity to the JSONObject as a string
se = new StringEntity(jsonObjOut.toString());
// Set HTTP params
httpRequest.setEntity(se);
httpRequest.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
httpRequest.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
httpRequest.setHeader("Accept-Encoding", "gzip"); //for gzip compression
//get the current time
long oldTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
HttpResponse response = null;
try
{
//execute the http request and get the response
response = (HttpResponse) httpClient.execute(httpRequest);
}
catch(HttpHostConnectException e)
{
System.err.println("Unable to connect to the server");
e.printStackTrace();
responseSuccessful = false;
}
//only continue executing if we got a response from the server
if(responseSuccessful)
{
//print how long the response took to the LogCat if it's on
Log.i(TAG, "HTTPResponse received in [" + (System.currentTimeMillis()-oldTime) + "ms]");
// Get hold of the response entity (-> the data):
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
if (entity != null) {
// Read the content stream
InputStream in = entity.getContent();
Header contentEncoding = response.getFirstHeader("Content-Encoding");
if (contentEncoding != null && contentEncoding.getValue().equalsIgnoreCase("gzip")) {
in = new GZIPInputStream(in);
}
// convert content stream to a String
String resultString= streamToString(in);
//close the stream
in.close();
// convert the String into a JSONObject
JSONObject jsonObjRecv = new JSONObject(resultString);
//take a peak at the JSONObject we got back if the LogCat is on
Log.i(TAG,"<JSONObject>\n"+jsonObjRecv.toString()+"\n</JSONObject>");
//return the JSONObject we got back from the server
return jsonObjRecv;
}
}
}
//catch any exception that was thrown
catch (Exception e)
{
//Print the exception
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
private static String streamToString(InputStream is)
{
//create a new BufferedReader for the input stream
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
//create a new StringBuilder to append the lines
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
//initialize an empty string
String line = null;
try
{
//iterate as long as there is still lines to be read
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
{
//append the line and a newline character to our StringBuilder
sb.append(line + "\n");
}
}
//catch an IOException and print it
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
//close the stream when we're done
finally
{
try
{
is.close();
}
//catch and print an exception if it's thrown
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
//return the stream converted to a string
return sb.toString();
}
}
And here is my XML just for kicks:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="company.android.dashboard.app"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" />
<application
android:icon="@drawable/company_android_ico"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<activity
android:name=".DashboardAppActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
I have used the HttpHelper class in past projects and it has worked for me, in addition I tried to implement this using nameValuePairs:
List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(2);
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("email", "email@gmail.com"));
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("password", "password1"));
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("json", "true"));
try {
httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
And this yielded the same result.
Could this somehow be a certificate thing? or perhaps something to do with a corrupt XML file( I tried remaking the project and the xml file) Android HTTP Connection refused
Or maybe some sort of Android hosts file issue?
I’m open to any suggestions!
I have examined this from a lot of angles and I’m happy to provide any other information that would be helpful! I really appreciate your time!
NOTE: The url is a dummy url, and not the actual one I am connecting to, for security reasons. I am able to curl the actual website from the command line with the parameters and it works and I am also able to login normally from the web browser.
EDIT I have identified the problem! But not the solution unfortunately. So the issue is that I am using a dev server url that doesn’t have a domain entry on the global DNS server. So to fix this I somehow need to edit the hosts file on my Android device/in the emulator…does anyone know how this can be done legitimately?
I have identified the problem! So the issue is that I am using a dev server url that doesn’t have a domain entry on the global DNS server.
So there are two possible solutions to this issue:
1) Editing the hosts file on the Android device (requires rooting your phone): How to change the hosts file on android
2) Getting the server registered on the global DNS server.
(also hard to do if you’re not responsible for the url)
Anyways I hope this helps someone else too!