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Android Build a Weather App (2015) Networking Building an HTTP Request

Posted by MUZ140584 Heredity Mbundire
MUZ140584 Heredity Mbundire
4,979 Points

Next we need to create and build a Request. Declare a new Request variable, and then set it by chaining a few methods to

import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import android.widget.Button;

public class MovieActivity extends Activity {

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_movie);
    OkHttpClient Client= new OkHttpClient();
  Request request=new Request.Builder().url(apiUrl).build();
    // Get some movie information!
    String apiUrl = "http://api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0/movies.json?apikey=xyz&q=hobbit";
}

}

MovieActivity.java 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MovieActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_movie);
        OkHttpClient Client= new OkHttpClient();
        Request request=new Request.Builder().url(apiUrl).build();

        // Get some movie information!
        string url() = "http://api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0/movies.json?apikey=xyz&q=hobbit";
    }
}

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi,

You need to put your code after the definition of the apiUrl variable else you can't use it in your code:

        String apiUrl = "http://api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0/movies.json?apikey=xyz&q=hobbit";
        OkHttpClient httpClient = new OkHttpClient();
        Request request = new Request.Builder().url(apiUrl).build();

Steve.