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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 Nizam Uddin GM Sikder
Nizam Uddin GM Sikder
Courses Plus Student 1,100 Points

Why I am experiencing Unknownhost exception?

When I tried to run my app on the emulator (Lolipop ) It just works fine here. But, If I try to run the same app on my physical device(Gingerbread) I am getting the following error. "java.net.UnknownHostException: blog.teamtreehouse.com". Any suggestion how to fix this? Thanks

1 Answer

Patrick Cooney
Patrick Cooney
12,216 Points
Patrick Cooney
Patrick Cooney
12,216 Points

Here is the actual error. It's not resolving the IP address for the url provided. There could potentially be a difference in that APIs structure between the various versions of Android you're using to test. Do you have 'http://' in front of blog.teamtreehouse.com? If not it may be failing to recognize what protocol it needs to use to retrieve the data?