APIConnectorClass

package com.example.mywebsite.com;
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.net.URLEncoder;

import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.util.Log;

public class APIConnector {

    public JSONArray GetAllCustomers(){

        String url = "http://mywebsite.com/getState.php";

        HttpEntity httpEntity = null;

        try{

             DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
             HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);

             HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet);

             httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();

        } catch(ClientProtocolException e){
            e.printStackTrace();

        } catch(IOException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }


        JSONArray jsonArray = null;

        if(httpEntity !=null){
            try{
                String entityResponse = EntityUtils.toString(httpEntity);

                Log.e("Entity Response : ", entityResponse);

                jsonArray = new JSONArray(entityResponse);
            } catch(JSONException e){
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch(IOException e){
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        return jsonArray;
    }


    // @SuppressLint("NewApi")
    public JSONArray GetCityDetails(String StateID) {

        @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
        String url = "http://mywebsite.com/getCity.php?StateID="+URLEncoder.encode(StateID);

        HttpEntity httpEntity = null;

        try{

             DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
             HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);

             HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet);

             httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();


        } catch(ClientProtocolException e){
            e.printStackTrace();

        } catch(IOException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        // JSONObject jsonObject = null;
        // JSONArray jsonArray = null;
        JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray();
        if(httpEntity !=null){
            try{
                // make another function that reads an input stream, accepts parameters and returns string value
                // httpEntity = (HttpEntity) httpEntity.getContent();

                // String entityResponse = EntityUtils.toString((HttpEntity) httpEntity.getContent());
                // String entityResponse = EntityUtils.toString((HttpEntity) httpEntity.getContent());

                InputStream entityResponse = httpEntity.getContent();
                // String entityResponseAfterFunctionCall = convertInputStreamIntoString(entityResponse);
                // String entityResponseAfterFunctionCall2 = readFully(entityResponse);
                String entityResponseAfterFunctionCall3 = letsDoThisAgain(entityResponse);
                // String theString = IOUtils.toString(entityResponse);
                Log.e("Entity Response From GetCityDetails Class: ", entityResponseAfterFunctionCall3);

                jsonArray = new JSONArray(entityResponseAfterFunctionCall3);
                // jsonObject=new JSONObject(entityResponse);
            } catch(JSONException e){
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch(IOException e){
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        return jsonArray;
        // return jsonObject;
    }

    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/309424/read-convert-an-inputstream-to-a-string
    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2492076/android-reading-from-an-input-stream-efficiently/3552721#3552721
    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3091359/install-apache-common-lang-2-5-in-eclipse
    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/179024/adding-a-jar-to-an-eclipse-java-library
    // http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/download_io.cgi
    public String convertInputStreamIntoString(InputStream entityResponse) throws IOException{

        // this method needs the apache commons to work. I downloaded the commons but getting this error
        // java.lang.noclassdeffounderror org.apache.commons.io.ioutils
        // I guess the path directory is messed up?
        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
        IOUtils.copy(entityResponse, writer);
        String theString = writer.toString();
        return theString;
    }

    public String readFully(InputStream entityResponse) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        int length = 0;
        while ((length = entityResponse.read(buffer)) != -1) {
            baos.write(buffer, 0, length);
        }
        return baos.toString("UTF-8");
    }

    public String letsDoThisAgain(InputStream entityResponse){

        BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(entityResponse);
        InputStreamReader is = new InputStreamReader(entityResponse);
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(is);

        try {
            String read = br.readLine();

            while(read !=null){
                sb.append(read);
                read = br.readLine();
            }


        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return sb.toString();

    }

}