Grabbing URL’s on Android

If you are using URL.openStream() and wondering why it fails half the time, stop.

Start using HttpClient, HttpGet and HttpResponse

String address = "http://www.somesiteofinterest.com";

HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet request = new HttpGet();

request.setURI(new URI(address));
HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
					new InputStreamReader(
						response.getEntity().getContent()
					));