dataLoader

package net.droidman.bfstats.networking;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.SocketException;
import net.droidman.bfstats.Lolwhat;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.params.HttpConnectionParams;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.util.Log;

public class DataLoader extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {

    private String query_url, qname;
    private Context con;
    private ProgressDialog pd;
    private String test;

    public DataLoader(Context c, String name, String version, String platform) {

        // version is not used at this point

        con = c;
        qname = name;
        query_url = "http://api.bf3stats.com/" + platform + "/player";

    }

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {

        pd = new ProgressDialog(con);
        pd.setCancelable(false);
        pd.setTitle("please wait");
        pd.setMessage("retrieving data from server...");
        pd.show();

        super.onPreExecute();
    }

    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {

        try {
            test = postDataToServer(query_url);
        } catch (Throwable e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        Intent i = new Intent(con, Lolwhat.class);
        i.putExtra("lol", test);
        con.startActivity(i);

        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {

        pd.cancel();

        super.onPostExecute(result);
    }

    public String prepareRequestParameters() {

        return "player=" + qname + "&opt=all";
        // parameters are set correctly
    }

    public String postDataToServer(String url) throws Throwable {

        HttpPost request = new HttpPost(url);
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

        String requestData = prepareRequestParameters();
        StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(requestData);
        entity.setContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded");// text/plain;charset=UTF-8
        // entity.setContentEncoding(new
        // BasicHeader(HTTP.CONTENT_TYPE,"application/json;charset=UTF-8"));
        request.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
        request.setEntity(entity);
        // Send request to WCF service
        HttpResponse response = null;
        DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        // DefaultHttpClient httpClient = getNewHttpClient();
        HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpClient.getParams(), 10 * 1000);
        HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpClient.getParams(),
                10 * 1000);
        try {

            response = httpClient.execute(request);
        } catch (SocketException se) {
            Log.e("SocketException", se + "");
            throw se;
        }

        finally {
        }

        InputStream in = response.getEntity().getContent();
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
        String line = null;
        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
            sb.append(line);
            Log.w("response in Post method", sb.toString() + "");
        }

        return sb.toString();
    }

}