HTTPURLConnection

gistfile1.java

AsyncTask<URL, String, String> httpTask = new AsyncTask<URL, String, String>() {
  @Override
  protected String doInBackground(URL... urls) {
    HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    try {
      urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) urls[0].openConnection();
      try (BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream()))) {
        for (String line = in.readLine(); line != null; line = in.readLine()) {
            sb.append(line);
        }
      } finally {
        urlConnection.disconnect();
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return sb.toString();
  }
  @Override
  protected void onPostExecute(String s) {
    Log.d("httpTASK", s);
  }
};