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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Getting Data from the Web Requesting Data from the Web the Wrong Way

Posted by Dylan Huston
Dylan Huston
3,147 Points

I need help on task 2 of this : On the next line, establish a connection to the URL using the appropriate method of the.

package com.example;

import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import java.io.IOException; import java.net.MalformedURLException; import android.util.Log;

public class MainListActivity extends ListActivity {

public static final String URL = "teamtreehouse.com";

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_list);

    try {
        URL treehouseUrl = new URL(URL);
        HttpURLConnection connection  = (HttpURLConnection) treehouseUrl.openConnection();
        connection.connect();

    }
    catch (MalformedURLException e) {
        Log.e("CodeChallenge", "MalformedURLException caught!", e);
    }
    catch (IOException e) {

    }
}

}

com/example/MainListActivity.java 
package com.example;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import android.util.Log;

public class MainListActivity extends ListActivity {

    public static final String URL = "teamtreehouse.com";

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_list);

        try {
            URL treehouseUrl = new URL(URL);
            HttpURLConnection connection  = (HttpURLConnection) treehouseUrl.openConnection();
            connection.connect();\
            int httpResponse= getResponseCode();
        }
        catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            Log.e("CodeChallenge", "MalformedURLException caught!", e);
        }
        catch (IOException e) {

        }
    }
}

2 Answers

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Dylan;

Task 2

On the next line, establish a connection to the URL using the appropriate method of the 'connection' variable. Then add an int variable named 'httpResponse' and set it using the getResponseCode() method of the 'connection' variable.

It looks like you have the first part of the task completed with connection.connect(); Nice work!

The second part of it you are missing one small piece. The challenge is wanting the getResponseCode() method passed on the connection variable. I don't see that in your code. If you look in the video preceding this challenge at around the 2:55 mark, Mr. Jakuben covers this method.

Post back if you are still stuck.

Happy coding,

Ken

Dylan Huston
Dylan Huston
3,147 Points

try { URL treehouseUrl = new URL(URL); HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) treehouseUrl.openConnection(); httpResponse connection= getResponseCode(); } This is what I have I have the httpResponse kinda like the one above it. Then Im using the variable connection... Im still kinda stuck I have an idea but its not working.

Tichaona Mudzuri
Tichaona Mudzuri
6,373 Points
Tichaona Mudzuri
Tichaona Mudzuri
6,373 Points

Thsi works int code = connection.getResponseCode();