class GetFeed extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, String> {

    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(Void... voids) {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(URL_ITUNES);
        try {
            HttpResponse response = client.execute(httpGet);
            StatusLine statusLine = response.getStatusLine();
            int statusCode = statusLine.getStatusCode();
            if (statusCode == 200) {
                HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
                InputStream content = entity.getContent();
                BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(content));
                String line;
                while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                    builder.append(line);
                }

                JsonParser jsonParser = new JsonParser();
                JsonObject jsonObject = jsonParser.parse(builder.toString()).getAsJsonObject();
                JsonObject feedObject = jsonObject.getAsJsonObject("feed");
                JsonArray jsonArray = feedObject.getAsJsonArray("entry");
                GsonBuilder gsonBuilder = new GsonBuilder();
                gsonBuilder.setDateFormat("M/d/yy hh:mm a");
                Gson gson = gsonBuilder.create();

                Type type = new TypeToken<List<Entry>>(){}.getType();
                entries = Arrays.asList(gson.fromJson(jsonArray.toString(), Entry[].class));

                Log.d("ItemListActivity", "entries = " + String.valueOf(entries.size()));
            } else {
                Log.e("ItemListActivity", "Failed to download file");
            }
        } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }
}

08-20 16:20:08.490  13936-13951/com.test.example E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #1
    Process: com.test.example, PID: 13936
    java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground()
            at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:300)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:355)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:222)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:242)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:231)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:864)
     Caused by: com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected a string but was BEGIN_OBJECT at line 1 column 14 path $[0].im:name
            at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:187)
            at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.read(TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.java:40)
            at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ArrayTypeAdapter.read(ArrayTypeAdapter.java:72)
            at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:805)
            at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:770)
            at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:719)
            at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:691)
            at com.test.example.ItemListActivity$GetFeed.doInBackground(ItemListActivity.java:184)
            at com.test.example.ItemListActivity$GetFeed.doInBackground(ItemListActivity.java:155)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:288)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:231)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:864)
     Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected a string but was BEGIN_OBJECT at line 1 column 14 path $[0].im:name
            at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.nextString(JsonReader.java:836)
            at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$13.read(TypeAdapters.java:358)
            at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$13.read(TypeAdapters.java:346)
            at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$1.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:95)
            at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:183)
            at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.read(TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.java:40)
            at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ArrayTypeAdapter.read(ArrayTypeAdapter.java:72)
            at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:805)
            at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:770)
            at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:719)
            at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:691)
            at com.test.example.ItemListActivity$GetFeed.doInBackground(ItemListActivity.java:184)
            at com.test.example.ItemListActivity$GetFeed.doInBackground(ItemListActivity.java:155)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:288)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:231)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:864)