Quick fix for NetworkOnMainThreadException

Question

I need to execute third-party open source program, which throws NetworkOnMainThreadException. According to SDK reference, this is only thrown for applications targeting the

Answer 1

You could change it to:

android:targetSdkVersion="9"

API 10 corresponds to honeycomb, while 9 is gingerbread. This behavior is only seen in APIs 10 and above.

However, I would advise against this. Instead, you should move any long running operations, or operations with the possibility of running for long into a background thread, like an AsyncTask.

You could also try to set Strict Mode off using:

    StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
    StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);