Bind your local webserver to your internal IP address and point your
app at that. It's a little annoying if it changes a lot but it worked
for me. Localhost on the emulator is not the same as on your PC,
since the emulator runs its own OS and is just bridged to your network
interface.
On Mar 24, 11:51 am, "talha.rahma...@googlemail.com"
<talha.rahma...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi i am trying to build an application on android which retrives data
> from a web server, im using my localhost for the webservices. i have
> developed jsp page to generate the data and pass to the android app.
> the data is in xml format.
>
> in the andorid app i keep getting a socket exception while trying to
> open http connection using local host and the url includes jsp file
> and http post parameters. i have set the permission in the manifest
> file, still no luck.
>
> below are my codes, im sure im missing something somewhere.
>
> Can any1 assist me please.
>
> Service
> Puller::-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> public class ServicePuller implements Runnable {
>
> private String pageInfo = "";
> private String serverUrl = "";
> private boolean dataReady = false;
>
> public void run() {
> dataReady = false;
> getInfo();
> dataReady = true;
> }
>
> public boolean isDataReady(){
> return dataReady;
> }
>
> public void setURL(String url){
> serverUrl = url;
> }
>
> public synchronized void getInfo(){
> clearData();
> try{
> InputStream is = OpenHttpConnection(serverUrl);
> InputStreamReader ir = new InputStreamReader(is);
> BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(ir);
> String inputLine;
> while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null){
> pageInfo += inputLine;
> }
> in.close();
> System.out.println("Page we got from url:" + serverUrl + " is
> as below:");
> System.out.println(pageInfo);
> }
> catch(Exception ex){
> System.out.println("Exception caught, exception is: " +
> ex.getMessage());
> }
> }
>
> private InputStream OpenHttpConnection(String urlString)
> throws IOException
> {
> InputStream in = null;
> int response = -1;
>
> URL url = new URL(urlString);
> URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
>
> if (!(conn instanceof HttpURLConnection))
> throw new IOException("Not an HTTP connection");
>
> try{
> HttpURLConnection httpConn = (HttpURLConnection) conn;
> httpConn.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
> httpConn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true);
> httpConn.setRequestMethod("GET");
> httpConn.connect();
>
> response = httpConn.getResponseCode();
> if (response == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
> in = httpConn.getInputStream
> ();
> }
> }
> catch (Exception ex)
> {
> throw new IOException("Error connecting");
> }
> return in;
> }
>
> public synchronized void clearData(){
> pageInfo = "";
> }
>
> public synchronized String getPage(){
> return pageInfo;
> }
>
> }
>
> Service
> Finder----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> public class ServiceFinder extends Activity{
>
> private string string;
>
> public ServiceFinder() {
> }
> /**
> * Called with the activity is first created.
> */
> @Override
> public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
> super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
> String url = "http://localhost:13103/MobileWebApp/
> MobiServices.jsp?locationID=1";
> //String url = "http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/
> newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml";
> setContentView(R.layout.service_finder);
> TextView tv = new TextView(this);
> ServicePuller sp = new ServicePuller();
> sp.setURL(url);
> Thread t = new Thread(sp);
> t.start();
> while(!sp.isDataReady()){
> try{
> Thread.sleep(5);
> }
> catch(Exception e){
> System.out.println("Exception caught, exception is: "
> +
> e.getMessage());
> }
> }
> String page = sp.getPage();
> System.out.println(page);
> tv.setText(page);
> setContentView(tv);
> }
>
> manifest.xml----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";
> package="com.servicefinder">
> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
> <application android:label="Service, Finder!">
> <activity android:name="ServiceFinder">
> <intent-filter>
> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"></
> action>
> <category
> android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"></category>
> </intent-filter>
> </activity>
> </application>
> </manifest>
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