John Gaby wrote:
> I am trying to figure out how to make HTTP get requests. The
> following is what I have so far:
>
> HttpGet get = new HttpGet("http://www.microsoft.com";);
> HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
> HttpResponse response;
>
> try
> {
> response = client.execute(get);
>
> HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
>
> InputStream stream = entity.getContent();
>
> byte[] b = new byte[1000];
>
> stream.read(b);
> }
> catch (ClientProtocolException e)
> {
> }
> catch (IOException e)
> {
> }
>
> This works fine, but what I really need is a way to read the data
> asynchronously. Is there some way to set up the transfer and specify
> a call back function which is called as the bytes come in, or do I
> need to create a thread to do this?
HttpClient tends to be used synchronously. It works great with an AsyncTask:
http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-android/tree/master/Service/WeatherPlus/
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