HttpURLConnection POST, conn.getOutputStream() throwing Exception

Question

I want to make a POST by using HttpURLConnection. I am trying this in 2 ways, but I always get an excetion when doing: conn.getOutputStream();

The excep

Answer 1

Without establishing the connection (which in this case requires 1 more step to be performed ie connect), transfer is not possible. connect() should be called after the connection is configured (ie after being done with the set***() on the connection).

What is missing is:

conn.connect();