Question

I’m trying to get the HTML source in a string from a web site that the user enters, the code I have so far looks like this:

public String getURLContent(String url)
{
    try 
    {
        DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);
        ResponseHandler<String> resHandler = new BasicResponseHandler();
        String page = httpClient.execute(httpGet, resHandler);
        return page;
    }
    catch (ClientProtocolException e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
        return "";
    }
    catch (IOException e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
        return "";
    }
}

Every time I try to run this I hit the second catch (IOException), which according to the documentation means the server failed to give a valid response… I am testing this with sites like “http:\www.google.com\”, so they should definitely be responding

Answer 1

Your code is ok. Make sure you paste full website path : http://www. [page] . [domain] eg.: http://www.google.com
And add this PERMISSION to AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

just before (if it is new project):

<application android:label="@string/app_name">

Full example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          package="com.example"
          android:versionCode="1"
          android:versionName="1.0">
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <application android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name="MyActivity"
                  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>