Android Developer Fundamentals V2

Background
Tasks
Lesson 7

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7.2 Internet
connection

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Steps to connect to the Internet
1. Add permissions to Android Manifest
2. Check Network Connection
3. Create Worker Thread
4. Implement background task
a. Create URI
b. Make HTTP Connection
c. Connect and GET Data
5. Process results
a. Parse Results

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Permissions

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Permissions in AndroidManifest
Internet
<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

Check Network State

<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>

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 Manage
Network
Connection

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Getting Network information
● ConnectivityManager
○ Answers queries about the state of network
connectivity
○ Notifies applications when network connectivity
changes
● NetworkInfo
○ Describes status of a network interface of a given
type
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 Check if network is available
ConnectivityManager connMgr = (ConnectivityManager)
getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);

NetworkInfo networkInfo = connMgr.getActiveNetworkInfo();

if (networkInfo != null && networkInfo.isConnected()) {

// Create background thread to connect and get data
new DownloadWebpageTask().execute(stringUrl);
} else {
textView.setText("No network connection available.");
}

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 Check for WiFi & Mobile
NetworkInfo networkInfo =
connMgr.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI);
boolean isWifiConn = networkInfo.isConnected();

networkInfo =
connMgr.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE);
boolean isMobileConn = networkInfo.isConnected();

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Worker
Thread

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Use Worker Thread

● AsyncTask—very short task, or no result returned

to UI
● AsyncTaskLoader—for longer tasks, returns result
to UI
● Background Service—later chapter

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Background work

In the background task (for example in

doInBackground())
1. Create URI
2. Make HTTP Connection
3. Download Data

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Create URI

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URI = Uniform Resource
Identifier
String that names or locates a particular resource
● file://
● http:// and https://
● content://

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Sample URL for
Google Books API
https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?
q=pride+prejudice&maxResults=5&printType=books

Constants for Parameters

final String BASE_URL =
"https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?";
final String QUERY_PARAM = "q";
final String MAX_RESULTS = "maxResults";
final String PRINT_TYPE = "printType";

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Build a URI for the request

Uri builtURI = Uri.parse(BASE_URL).buildUpon()

.appendQueryParameter(QUERY_PARAM, "pride+prejudice")
.appendQueryParameter(MAX_RESULTS, "10")
.appendQueryParameter(PRINT_TYPE, "books")
.build();
URL requestURL = new URL(builtURI.toString());

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HTTP Client
Connection

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How to
Make a connect
connection
to the
from
Internet?
scratch

● Use HttpURLConnection
● Must be done on a separate thread
● Requires InputStreams and try/catch blocks

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 Create a HttpURLConnection

HttpURLConnection conn =
(HttpURLConnection)
requestURL.openConnection();

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Configure connection

conn.setReadTimeout(10000 /* milliseconds
*/);
conn.setConnectTimeout(15000 /* milliseconds
*/);
conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
conn.setDoInput(true);
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 Connect and get response
conn.connect();
int response = conn.getResponseCode();

InputStream is = conn.getInputStream();
String contentAsString = convertIsToString(is,
len);
return contentAsString;
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Close connection and stream

} finally {
conn.disconnect();
if (is != null) {
is.close();
}
}

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 Convert
Response to
String

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Convert input stream into a
string
public String convertIsToString(InputStream stream, int len)
throws IOException, UnsupportedEncodingException {

Reader reader = null;

reader = new InputStreamReader(stream, "UTF-8");
char[] buffer = new char[len];
reader.read(buffer);
return new String(buffer);
}

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BufferedReader is more
efficient
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
BufferedReader reader =
new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
builder.append(line + "\n");
}
if (builder.length() == 0) {
return null;
}
resultString = builder.toString();

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HTTP Client
Connection
Libraries

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Maketo
How a connect
connection
to the
using
Internet?
libraries

● Use a third party library like OkHttp or Volley

● Can be called on the main thread
● Much less code

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 How to connect to the Internet?
Volley
RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
String url ="http://www.google.com";

StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.GET,

url,
new Response.Listener<String>() {
@Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
// Do something with response
}
}, new Response.ErrorListener() {
@Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {}
});
queue.add(stringRequest);
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OkHttp
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("http://publicobject.com/helloworld.txt").build();
client.newCall(request).enqueue(new Callback() {
@Override
public void onResponse(Call call, final Response response)
throws IOException {
try {
String responseData = response.body().string();
JSONObject json = new JSONObject(responseData);
final String owner = json.getString("name");
} catch (JSONException e) {}
}
});

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 Parse
Results

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Parsing the results
● Implement method to receive and handle results
( onPostExecute())
● Response is often JSON or XML
Parse results using helper classes
● JSONObject, JSONArray
● XMLPullParser—parses XML

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 JSON basics

{
"population":1,252,000,000,
"country":"India",
"cities":["New
Delhi","Mumbai","Kolkata","Chennai"]
}

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JSONObject basics

JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(response);

String nameOfCountry = (String) jsonObject.get("country");
long population = (Long) jsonObject.get("population");
JSONArray listOfCities = (JSONArray)
jsonObject.get("cities");
Iterator<String> iterator = listOfCities.iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
// do something
}
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Another JSON example
{"menu": {
"id": "file",
"value": "File",
"popup": {
"menuitem": [
{"value": "New", "onclick": "CreateNewDoc()"},
{"value": "Open", "onclick": "OpenDoc()"},
{"value": "Close", "onclick": "CloseDoc()"}
]
}
}
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Another JSON example
Get "onclick" value of the 3rd item in the "menuitem"
array

JSONObject data = new

JSONObject(responseString);
JSONArray menuItemArray =
data.getJSONArray("menuitem");
JSONObject thirdItem =
menuItemArray.getJSONObject(2);
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Learn more

● Connect to the Network Guide

● Managing Network Usage Guide
● HttpURLConnection reference
● ConnectivityManager reference
● InputStream reference

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What's Next?

● Concept Chapter: 7.2 Internet connection

● Practical: 7.2 AsyncTask and AsyncTaskLoader

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