Android: Get data from server
I want to develop an application. In which user enter a URL at run time. The XML is placed on server. So how to hit or get the data of that XML, so that i can parse the data and use that. The parsing i know. But how to get data directly i dont know.
So please suggest me how to hit url and get data with out web service.
Answer
In general
To make a request to the server, you can use a Asynctask or service.
For long running background operations use service.
An alternative to Asynctask is Robospice. https://www.google.co.in/search?q=robospice&oq=robospice&aqs=chrome.0.57j59l2j60j62l2.2501&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8.
Making a soap request. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9EowBVgwSo.
Sample code with screen shot at To use the tutorial in android 4.0.3 if had to work with AsynxTasc but i still dont work?.
Make a http request and get the response.
http://www.androidhive.info/2011/10/android-making-http-requests/
http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidNetworking/article.html.
If your respone is xml parse the xml file
http://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-read-xml-file-in-java-dom-parser/. Parse using domparser.
http://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-read-xml-file-in-java-sax-parser/. Parse using sax parser.