Question

i found the following code which is supposed to let me read the directory contents of from a web host (my website in this case)

String urlStr = "http://2112design.com/tabs/drum_tabs";
URL url;
try {
    url = new URL(urlStr);
    java.net.URLConnection con = url.openConnection();
    con.connect();
    java.io.BufferedReader in =
      new java.io.BufferedReader(new java.io.InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
    String line;
    for (; (line = in.readLine()) != null; ) {
        Log.d("MainActivity", "read from web "+line);
    }
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}

when i run this, con.connect(); fails with the error trace like this:

android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException
android.os.StrictMode$AndroidBlockGuardPolicy.onNetwork(StrictMode.java:1118)
java.net.InetAddress.lookupHostByName(InetAddress.java:385)

it looks like there is some kind of permission problem StrictMode$AndroidBlockGuardPolicy.onNetwork(StrictMode.java:1118) but when i use a web browser on the same device and go to that URL, it opens fine.

i’m not very good on the webby stuff, can someone please help, thanks

Answer 1

you should not do network requests on main thread , try to use AsyncTask, or start a new thread, for example.

     (new Thread(new Runnable() {

                                        @Override
                                        public void run() {
                                            try {
                                                url = new URL(urlStr);
                                                java.net.URLConnection con = url.openConnection();
                                                con.connect();
                                                java.io.BufferedReader in =
                                                  new java.io.BufferedReader(new java.io.InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
                                                String line;
                                                for (; (line = in.readLine()) != null; ) {
                                                    Log.d("MainActivity", "read from web "+line);
                                                }
                                            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                                                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                                                e.printStackTrace();
                                            } catch (IOException e) {
                                                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                                                e.printStackTrace();
                                            }

                                        }
                                    })).start();

Or you can use

    if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > 9) {
        StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = 
             new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
        StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);

check this question for more information.