Non-Blocking Web-Request

This code fetches content from the web without blocking the UI (runs in the background in a Thread). Once finished, it posts a Handler that is picked up by the UI as soon as possible.

 

1. import java.io.BufferedInputStream;  
2. import java.io.InputStream;  
3. import java.net.URL;  
4. import java.net.URLConnection;  
5. import org.apache.http.util.ByteArrayBuffer;  
6.   
7. public class Iconic extends Activity {  
8.     private String html = "";  
9.     private Handler mHandler;  
10.   
11.     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {  
12.         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);  
13.         setContentView(R.layout.main);  
14.         mHandler = new Handler();  
15.         checkUpdate.start();  
16.     }  
17.   
18.     private Thread checkUpdate = new Thread() {  
19.         public void run() {  
20.             try {  
21.                 URL updateURL = new URL("http://iconic.4feets.com/update");  
22.                 URLConnection conn = updateURL.openConnection();  
23.                 InputStream is = conn.getInputStream();  
24.                 BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(is);  
25.                 ByteArrayBuffer baf = new ByteArrayBuffer(50);  
26.   
27.                 int current = 0;  
28.                 while((current = bis.read()) != -1){  
29.                     baf.append((byte)current);  
30.                 }  
31.   
32.                 /* Convert the Bytes read to a String. */  
33.                 html = new String(baf.toByteArray());  
34.                 mHandler.post(showUpdate);  
35.             } catch (Exception e) {  
36.             }  
37.         }  
38.     };  
39.   
40.     private Runnable showUpdate = new Runnable(){  
41.         public void run(){  
42.             Toast.makeText(Iconic.this, "HTML Code: " + html, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();  
43.         }  
44.     };  
45. }  

原文：http://www.androidsnippets.org/snippets/1/