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David Flanagan
David Flanagan

Reputation: 373

Android request a url with out opening browser

So I have an arduino with an Ethernet shield and I am currently controlling it using browser url commands eg "192.168.2.1/digital/2/1" (digital pin 2 goes high), i want to have an android button which requests that url without opening it in the browser.. is that possible and how would i do it?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2016

Answers (1)

Nic Raboy
Nic Raboy

Reputation: 3153

This is how I do URL requests in Android:

public InputStream download(String url) {
    URL myFileURL = null;
    InputStream is = null;
    try {
        myFileURL = new URL(url);
        is = myFileURL.openStream();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    }
    return is;
}

This will return whatever is at that URL and it will never open a browser. You can choose whatever you want to do with the InputStream.

Upvotes: 6

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