How to do a HTTP Post in Android?
Use this class:
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class HttpLogin extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
private Button login;
private EditText username, password;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
login = (Button) findViewById(R.id.login);
username = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.username);
password = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.password);
login.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
String mUsername = username.getText().toString();
String mPassword = password.getText().toString();
tryLogin(mUsername, mPassword);
}
});
}
protected void tryLogin(String mUsername, String mPassword)
{
HttpURLConnection connection;
OutputStreamWriter request = null;
URL url = null;
String response = null;
String parameters = "username="+mUsername+"&password="+mPassword;
try
{
url = new URL("your login URL");
connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setDoOutput(true);
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
request = new OutputStreamWriter(connection.getOutputStream());
request.write(parameters);
request.flush();
request.close();
String line = "";
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream());
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(isr);
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
{
sb.append(line + "\n");
}
// Response from server after login process will be stored in response variable.
response = sb.toString();
// You can perform UI operations here
Toast.makeText(this,"Message from Server: \n"+ response, 0).show();
isr.close();
reader.close();
}
catch(IOException e)
{
// Error
}
}
}
main.xml will be like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<EditText android:hint="Username" android:id="@+id/username" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></EditText>
<EditText android:hint="Password" android:id="@+id/password" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:inputType="textPassword"></EditText>
<Button android:text="Sign In" android:id="@+id/login" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
</LinearLayout>