First of all, request a permission to access network, add following to your manifest:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
If you want make an HTTP request, We had recommend extending AsyncTask:
class RequestTask extends AsyncTask<String, String, String>{
@Override
protected String doInBackground(String... uri) {
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponse response;
String responseString = null;
try {
response = httpclient.execute(new HttpGet(uri[0]));
StatusLine statusLine = response.getStatusLine();
if(statusLine.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK){
ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
response.getEntity().writeTo(out);
responseString = out.toString();
out.close();
} else{
//Closes the connection.
response.getEntity().getContent().close();
throw new IOException(statusLine.getReasonPhrase());
}
} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
//TODO Handle problems..
} catch (IOException e) {
//TODO Handle problems..
}
return responseString;
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
//Do anything with response..
}
}
Now in your Activity you must make call resquest in onCreate:
new RequestTask().execute("http://stackoverflow.com");