android java.net.ProtocolException: Connection already established

Question

public static Bitmap getImage(String address) throws Exception {

    Bitmap imgmap = null;
    InputStream is = null;

    URL url = new URL(address);

    HttpURLC         


        

Answer 1

When you create an instance of HttpURLConnection it defaults to the request method GET so there is no need to call setRequestMethod in this instance.

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