This serves as a post to help you get started with Android Volley. Volley is used for all sorts of HTTP requests, and supports a whole bang of cool features that will make your life way easier.
It is a relatively simple API to implement, and allows request queuing, which comes in very useful.
The code below is a simple example to make a request to this blog and get a JSON response back, parse it and display it in a simple TextView widget on the device.
package za.co.paulscott.volleytest;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;
import com.android.volley.Request;
import com.android.volley.RequestQueue;
import com.android.volley.Response;
import com.android.volley.VolleyError;
import com.android.volley.toolbox.JsonObjectRequest;
import com.android.volley.toolbox.Volley;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private TextView txtDisplay;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment())
.commit();
}
txtDisplay = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txtDisplay);
RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
String url = "http://paulscott.co.za/blog/wp-json.php/posts/100";
JsonObjectRequest jsObjRequest = new JsonObjectRequest(Request.Method.GET, url, null, new Response.Listener<JSONObject>() {
@Override
public void onResponse(JSONObject response) {
Log.i("volleytest",response.toString());
String txt = response.toString();
Log.i("volleytest", txt);
txtDisplay.setText(txt);
findViewById(R.id.progressBar1).setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}, new Response.ErrorListener() {
@Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
queue.add(jsObjRequest);
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
/**
* A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
*/
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
public PlaceholderFragment() {
}
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
return rootView;
}
}
}
