RequestTask.java

/*
 * Protocoder 
 * A prototyping platform for Android devices 
 * 
 * Victor Diaz Barrales victormdb@gmail.com
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Victor Diaz
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Motorola Mobility LLC
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package org.protocoder.network;

import android.os.AsyncTask;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
import org.apache.http.StatusLine;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class RequestTask extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {

	@Override
	protected String doInBackground(String... uri) {
		HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
		HttpResponse response;
		String responseString = null;
		try {
			response = httpclient.execute(new HttpGet(uri[0]));
			StatusLine statusLine = response.getStatusLine();
			if (statusLine.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
				ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
				response.getEntity().writeTo(out);
				out.close();
				responseString = out.toString();
			} else {
				// Closes the connection.
				response.getEntity().getContent().close();
				throw new IOException(statusLine.getReasonPhrase());
			}
		} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
			// TODO Handle problems..
		} catch (IOException e) {
			// TODO Handle problems..
		}
		return responseString;
	}

	@Override
	protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
		super.onPostExecute(result);
		// Do anything with response..
	}
}