Make an HTTP request with android

Question

I have searched everywhere but I couldn\'t find my answer, is there a way to make a simple HTTP request? I want to request a PHP page / script on one of my websites but I do

Answer 1

As none of the answers described a way to perform requests with OkHttp, which is very popular http client nowadays for Android and Java in general, I am going to provide a simple example:

//get an instance of the client
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

//add parameters
HttpUrl.Builder urlBuilder = HttpUrl.parse("https://www.example.com").newBuilder();
urlBuilder.addQueryParameter("query", "stack-overflow");


String url = urlBuilder.build().toString();

//build the request
Request request = new Request.Builder().url(url).build();

//execute
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

The clear advantage of this library is that it abstracts us from some low level details, providing more friendly and secure ways to interact with them. The syntax is also simplified and permits to write nice code.