you are receiving XML as response instead of JSON that is why following line is giving exception.
JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(response);
You need to change these two lines
JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(response);
strSponsorId = jsonObject.optString("SponsorID","");
To
JSONObject jsonObject = XML.toJSONObject(response);
strSponsorId = jsonObject.optString("string","");
Hopefully this should work