Wrap it in an
AsyncTask
;
public class GetXmlTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
@Override
protected String doInBackground(String...urls) {
String url = urls[0];
return getXmlFromUrl(url);
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
}
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
}
@Override
protected void onProgressUpdate(Void... values) {
}
private String getXmlFromUrl(String url) {
String xml = null;
try {
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
xml = EntityUtils.toString(httpEntity);
}
catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return xml;
}
}
Then call that like
new GetXmlTask().execute("http://google.com");
.
You can get
more details on AsyncTask
[
^].
Hope this helps,
Fredrik