Question

I have an HTTP GET that is receiving information from a URI. The URI is for Google Shopping.

https://www.googleapis.com/shopping/search/v1/public/products?key=key&country=US&q=digital+camera&alt=atom

(Left my key out).

Is there a way that I can change it from

q=digital+camera

to anything a user puts in an EditText?

So basically, I want the EditText to change what is searched on Google Shopping.

First screen, ProductSearchEntry with EditText for search query:

Code for ProductSearchEntry

public class ProductSearchEntry extends Activity{
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.productsearchentry);

    Button search = (Button) findViewById(R.id.searchButton);

    search.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            Intent searchIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), ProductSearch.class);
                startActivity(searchIntent);
        }
    });
    }
}

Then, I have a second class, ProductSearch, with no picture, but just this code:

public class ProductSearch extends Activity{
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.productsearchresults);
     EditText searchQuery = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.searchQuery);

        ProductSearchMethod test = new ProductSearchMethod();
        String entry;
        TextView httpStuff = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.httpTextView);
        try {
            entry = test.getSearchData(searchQuery.getText().toString());
            httpStuff.setText(entry);
              } catch (Exception e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}
}

Which references the ProductSearchMethod class which consists of a TextView that is changed to the code recieved in the HTTP GET:

Code:

public class ProductSearchMethod {

public String getSearchData(String query) throws Exception{
    BufferedReader in = null;
    String data = null;
    try{
        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
        URI site = new URI("https://www.googleapis.com/shopping/search/v1/public/products?key=key&country=US&q="+query.replace(" ","+")+"&alt=atom");
     HttpGet request = new HttpGet();
    request.setURI(site);
    HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
    in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("");
    String l = "";
    String nl = System.getProperty("line.seperator");
    while((l = in.readLine()) !=null){
        sb.append(l + nl);
    }
    in.close();
    data = sb.toString();
    return data;
    }finally{
        if (in != null){
            try{
                in.close();
                return data;
            }catch (Exception e){
                e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        } 
    }
}

ProductSearchMethod comes up great, but it doesn’t change the text from “Loading Items” to the website code. I had it working before but then I tried to edit what it searched (all this ^) and now it doesn’t change.

Answer 1

Make changes in your code like

public class ProductSearchEntry extends Activity{ 
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){ 
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 
    setContentView(R.layout.productsearchentry); 
    EditText etSearch = (EditText) findViewById(id of your edittext);
    Button search = (Button) findViewById(R.id.searchButton); 

    search.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { 

        @Override 
        public void onClick(View v) { 
            //while calling intent 

            Intent searchIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), ProductSearch.class); 
            searchIntent.putExtra("searchText",etSearch.getText().toString());
            startActivity(searchIntent); 
        } 
    }); 
    } 
} 

and another activity like this,

public class ProductSearch extends Activity{     
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){     
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);     
    setContentView(R.layout.productsearchresults);     
        String searchQuery = getIntent().getStringExtra("searchText");     
        ProductSearchMethod test = new ProductSearchMethod();     
        String entry;     
        TextView httpStuff = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.httpTextView);     
        try {     
            entry = test.getSearchData(searchQuery);     
            httpStuff.setText(entry);     
              } catch (Exception e) {     
                        e.printStackTrace();     
    }     
}     
}