One consideration though, if i am not wrong, AsyncTasks need to be executed from the UIThread.
Regarding your code, put the part in which the HTTP Request is sent and the response is got in "line" in the "doInBackground" method of the AsyncTask so that it runs on the background thread and does not block any execution on the UIThread, and in "postExecute" method, return 'line' and process is as you may On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:14 PM, madlymad <[email protected]> wrote: > here is a good example of Asynctask usage! > > > http://www.androidsnippets.com/grab-a-url-source-with-progressdialog-and-asynctask > > On Jan 31, 3:24 pm, aashutosh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > How can i use Asynctask for the following code: > > > > public static String getXML() { > > > > String line = null; > > > > DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new > DefaultHttpClient(); > > HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(" > http://someurl/index.xml";); > > try { > > HttpResponse httpResponse = > httpClient.execute(httpPost); > > HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity(); > > line = EntityUtils.toString(httpEntity); > > > > } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { > > line = "<results status=\"error\"><msg>Can't > connect to server</ > > msg></results>"; > > } catch (MalformedURLException e) { > > line = "<results status=\"error\"><msg>Can't > connect to server</ > > msg></results>"; > > } catch (IOException e) { > > line = "<results status=\"error\"><msg>Can't > connect to server</ > > msg></results>"; > > } > > > > return line; > > > > } > > > > this basicaly gets an xml from the website > > > > Thanks in advance > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
