Trying to get around this Webservice call from Android using AsycTask
- by Kevin Rave
I am a fairly beginner in Android Development. I am developing an application that extensively relays on Webservice calls. First screen takes username and password and validates the user by calling the Webservice. If U/P is valid, then I need to fire up the 2nd activity. In that 2nd activity, I need to do 3 calls. But I haven't gotten to the 2nd part yet. In fact, I haven't completed the full coding yet. But I wanted to test if the app is working as far as I've come through.
When calling webserivce, I am showing alert dialog. But the app is crashing somewhere.
The LoginActivity shows up. When I enter U/P and press Login Button, it crashes.
My classes:
TaskHandler.java
public class TaskHandler {
private String URL;
private User userObj;
private String results;
private JSONDownloaderTask task; ;
public TaskHandler( String url, User user) {
this.URL = url;
this.userObj = user;
}
public String handleTask() {
Log.d("Two", "In the function");
task = new JSONDownloaderTask();
Log.d("Three", "In the function");
task.execute(URL);
return results;
}
private class JSONDownloaderTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
private String username;// = userObj.getUsername();
private String password; //= userObj.getPassword();
public HttpStatus status_code;
public JSONDownloaderTask() {
Log.d("con", "Success");
this.username = userObj.getUsername();
this.password = userObj.getPassword();
Log.d("User" + this.username , " Pass" + this.password);
}
private AsyncProgressActivity progressbar = new AsyncProgressActivity();
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
progressbar.showLoadingProgressDialog();
}
@Override
protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
final String url = params[0]; //getString(R.string.api_staging_uri) + "Authenticate/";
// Populate the HTTP Basic Authentitcation header with the username and password
HttpAuthentication authHeader = new HttpBasicAuthentication(username, password);
HttpHeaders requestHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
requestHeaders.setAuthorization(authHeader);
requestHeaders.setAccept(Collections.singletonList(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON));
// Create a new RestTemplate instance
RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
restTemplate.getMessageConverters().add(new MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter());
try {
// Make the network request
Log.d(this.getClass().getName(), url);
ResponseEntity<Message> response = restTemplate.exchange(url, HttpMethod.GET, new HttpEntity<Object>(requestHeaders), Message.class);
status_code = response.getStatusCode();
return response.getBody().toString();
} catch (HttpClientErrorException e) {
status_code = e.getStatusCode();
return new Message(0, e.getStatusText(), e.getLocalizedMessage(), "error").toString();
} catch ( Exception e ) {
Log.d(this.getClass().getName() ,e.getLocalizedMessage());
return "Unknown Exception";
}
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
progressbar.dismissProgressDialog();
switch ( status_code ) {
case UNAUTHORIZED:
result = "Invalid username or passowrd"; break;
case ACCEPTED:
result = "Invalid username or passowrd" + status_code; break;
case OK:
result = "Successful!"; break;
}
}
}
}
AsycProgressActivity.java
public class AsyncProgressActivity extends Activity {
protected static final String TAG = AsyncProgressActivity.class.getSimpleName();
private ProgressDialog progressDialog;
private boolean destroyed = false;
@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
destroyed = true;
}
public void showLoadingProgressDialog() {
Log.d("Here", "Progress");
this.showProgressDialog("Authenticating...");
Log.d("Here", "afer p");
}
public void showProgressDialog(CharSequence message) {
Log.d("Here", "Message");
if (progressDialog == null) {
progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(this);
progressDialog.setIndeterminate(true);
}
Log.d("Here", "Message 2");
progressDialog.setMessage(message);
progressDialog.show();
}
public void dismissProgressDialog() {
if (progressDialog != null && !destroyed) {
progressDialog.dismiss();
}
}
}
LoginActivity.java
public class LoginActivity extends AsyncProgressActivity implements OnClickListener {
Button login_button;
HttpStatus status_code;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//this.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
login_button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnLogin);
login_button.setOnClickListener(this);
ViewServer.get(this).addWindow(this);
}
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
ViewServer.get(this).removeWindow(this);
}
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
ViewServer.get(this).setFocusedWindow(this);
}
public void onClick(View v) {
if ( v.getId() == R.id.btnLogin ) {
User userobj = new User();
String result;
userobj.setUsername( ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.username)).getText().toString());
userobj.setPassword(((EditText) findViewById(R.id.password)).getText().toString() );
TaskHandler handler = new TaskHandler(getString(R.string.api_staging_uri) + "Authenticate/", userobj);
Log.d(this.getClass().getName(), "One");
result = handler.handleTask();
Log.d(this.getClass().getName(), "After two");
Utilities.showAlert(result, LoginActivity.this);
}
}
Utilities.java
public class Utilities {
public static void showAlert(String message, Context context) {
AlertDialog.Builder alertDialogBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
alertDialogBuilder.setTitle("Login");
alertDialogBuilder.setMessage(message)
.setCancelable(false)
.setPositiveButton("OK",new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,int id) {
dialog.dismiss();
//dialog.cancel();
}
});
alertDialogBuilder.setIcon(drawable.ic_dialog_alert);
// create alert dialog
AlertDialog alertDialog = alertDialogBuilder.create();
// show it
alertDialog.show();
}
}
