NetworkingAndroidHttpClientXMLActivity.java

package course.examples.Networking.AndroidHttpClientXML;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;

import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.net.http.AndroidHttpClient;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;

public class NetworkingAndroidHttpClientXMLActivity extends ListActivity {

	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

		new HttpGetTask().execute();
	}

	private class HttpGetTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, List<String>> {

		// Get your own user name at http://www.geonames.org/login
		private static final String USER_NAME = "aporter";

		private static final String URL = "http://api.geonames.org/earthquakes?north=44.1&south=-9.9&east=-22.4&west=55.2&username="
				+ USER_NAME;

		AndroidHttpClient mClient = AndroidHttpClient.newInstance("");

		@Override
		protected List<String> doInBackground(Void... params) {
			HttpGet request = new HttpGet(URL);
			XMLResponseHandler responseHandler = new XMLResponseHandler();
			try {
				return mClient.execute(request, responseHandler);
			} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			} catch (IOException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
			return null;
		}

		@Override
		protected void onPostExecute(List<String> result) {
			if (null != mClient)
				mClient.close();
			setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(
					NetworkingAndroidHttpClientXMLActivity.this,
					R.layout.list_item, result));
		}
	}
}