Previously, we learn about Action
Bar with menu in Android. Now we see
how to use Networking in Android.
In this article we learn basic settings of network
1. Connecting to the Network
This Concepts shows you how to implement a simple application that connects to the network. It explains some of the best practices you should follow in creating even the simplest network-connected app.
If you are perform any action in your application related to networking, before you must be allow permission from AndroidManifest.xml as following code
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS" />
2. Managing Network Usage
In this concepts describes how to write applications that have fine-grained control over their usage of network resources. If your application performs a lot of network operations, you should provide user settings that allow users to control your app’s data habits, such as how often your app syncs data, whether to perform uploads/downloads only when on Wi-Fi, whether to use data while roaming, and so on
As of Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) the system is configured to crash with a NetworkOnMainThreadException exception,
if network is accessed in the user interface thread.Within an Android application you should avoid performing long running
operations on the user interface thread. This includes file and network.
For Good practice of access network under android and handle NetworkOnMainThreadExcetion
use following code on beginning of your onCreate() method
StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.
ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);
Now I creating a sample for learn concepts of Networking
1. Create an Android project
2. Add permission in AndroidManifest.xml file
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" /><uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
3. My activity_main.xml
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:textSize="22sp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello_world" />
</ScrollView>
4. Add following code in MainActivity.class
package com.example.androidnetworking;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
import android.net.NetworkInfo;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.StrictMode;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
TextView textView;
String data = "";
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text);
textView.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder()
.permitAll().build();
StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);
try {
if (isNetworkAvailable()) {
URL url = new URL("http://www.mindstick.com.com");
// An URLConnection for HTTP used to send and receive
// data over the web
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
// getInputStream() Response headers typically include metadata
// such as the response body's content type and length, modified
// dates and session cookies.
readStream(con.getInputStream());
} else
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Network is UnAvailable", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} catch (Exception ex) {
}
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is pre sent.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
public boolean isNetworkAvailable() {
ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE); NetworkInfo networkInfo = cm.getActiveNetworkInfo();
// if no network is available networkInfo will be null
// otherwise check if we are connected
if (networkInfo != null && networkInfo.isConnected()) {
return true; } else
return false;
}
private void readStream(InputStream in) {
// BufferedReader wraps an existing Reader and buffers the input.
BufferedReader reader = null;
try {
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in)); String line = ""; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { data += line; } textView.setText(data);
} catch (IOException e) {
} finally {
if (reader != null) {
try {
reader.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}}
}
}
}
Now run your application
If Network is not available then
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