Android HttpURLConnection: Handle HTTP redirects

Question

I\'m using HttpURLConnection to retrieve an URL just like that:

URL url = new URL(address);
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) u         


        

Answer 1

private HttpURLConnection openConnection(String url) throws IOException {
    HttpURLConnection connection;
    boolean redirected;
    do {
        connection = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
        int code = connection.getResponseCode();
        redirected = code == HTTP_MOVED_PERM || code == HTTP_MOVED_TEMP || code == HTTP_SEE_OTHER;
        if (redirected) {
            url = connection.getHeaderField("Location");
            connection.disconnect();
        }
    } while (redirected);
    return connection;
}