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Android Web Service Tutorial

Creating web service application in android is not a difficult task. We can easily create a restful web service application in android to authenticate or save information into the external database such as oracle, mysql, postgre sql, sql server using other application developed in java, .net, php etc languages. That is what we are going to do.

Android Restful Web Service Tutorial

Before developing web services application, you must have basic knowledge of SOAP and Restful web services. That is why, we are going to discuss basic points about web services such as what is web service and brief information about SOAP and Restful web services.

What is Web Service?

A web service is a standard for exchanging information between different types of applications irrespective of language and platform. For example, an android application can interact with java or .net application using web services.

Android Restful Web Service Example

File: activity_main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:hint="Username"
        android:ems="10" >

        <requestFocus />
    </EditText>

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_below="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_marginTop="67dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="Password"
        android:inputType="textPassword" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="24dp"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/button1"
        android:text="New User" />

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar1"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_below="@+id/editText2"
        android:layout_marginTop="22dp" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editText2"
        android:layout_below="@+id/progressBar1"
        android:layout_marginLeft="22dp"
        android:text="Login" />

</RelativeLayout>

File: activity_register_user.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="Enter UserName" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_below="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="Enter Password"
        android:inputType="textPassword" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:text="Resister" />

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar1"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_below="@+id/editText2"
        android:layout_marginTop="87dp" />

</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity class

File: MainActivity.java
package com.example.newrestapi;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
	EditText password,userName;
	Button login,resister;
	ProgressBar progressBar;
	
	
	   
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
		password=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText2);
		userName=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
		login=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
		resister=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button2);
		
		//progess_msz.setVisibility(View.GONE);
		progressBar=(ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar1);
		progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
		
		
		resister.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
			
			@Override
			public void onClick(View arg0) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
				Intent  intent=new Intent(MainActivity.this,ResisterUser.class);
				startActivity(intent);
			}
		});
		login.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
		
			public void onClick(View v) {
				progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
				
				String s1=userName.getText().toString();
				String s2=password.getText().toString();
				new ExecuteTask().execute(s1,s2);
				
			}
		});
		

	}
	
	 class ExecuteTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, String>
	    {

			@Override
			protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
				
				String res=PostData(params);
				
				return res;
			}
			
			@Override
			protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
			progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
			//progess_msz.setVisibility(View.GONE);
			Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), result, 3000).show();
			}
	    	
	    }
	
	public String PostData(String[] valuse) {
		String s="";
    	try
    	{
    	HttpClient httpClient=new DefaultHttpClient();
    	HttpPost httpPost=new HttpPost("http://10.0.0.8:7777/HttpPostServlet/servlet/Login");
    	
    	List<NameValuePair> list=new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
    	list.add(new BasicNameValuePair("name", valuse[0]));
    	list.add(new BasicNameValuePair("pass",valuse[1]));
    	httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(list));
        HttpResponse httpResponse=	httpClient.execute(httpPost);
    
        HttpEntity httpEntity=httpResponse.getEntity();
        s= readResponse(httpResponse);
  
    	}
    	catch(Exception exception) 	{}
		return s;
	
		
	}
	public String readResponse(HttpResponse res) {
		InputStream is=null; 
		String return_text="";
		try {
			is=res.getEntity().getContent();
			BufferedReader bufferedReader=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
			String line="";
			StringBuffer sb=new StringBuffer();
			while ((line=bufferedReader.readLine())!=null)
			{
			sb.append(line);
			}
			return_text=sb.toString();
		} catch (Exception e)
		{
			
		}
		return return_text;
		
	}
	
}

RegisterUser class

File: RegisterUser.java
package com.example.newrestapi;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;

public class ResisterUser extends Activity {
	 EditText userName,passwprd;
	   Button resister,login;
	   ProgressBar progressBar;
	    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
	        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
	        setContentView(R.layout.activity_resister_user);
	        userName=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);;
	        passwprd=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText2);
	        resister=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
	        
	        progressBar=(ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar1);
	        progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
	        
	        resister.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
				
				@Override
				public void onClick(View v) {
					
					progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
					
					String s1=userName.getText().toString();
					String s2=passwprd.getText().toString();
					new ExecuteTask().execute(s1,s2);
				}
			});
	        
	       
	        
	        
	    }
	    
	    class ExecuteTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, String>
	    {

			@Override
			protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
				
				PostData(params);
				return null;
			}
			
			@Override
			protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
			progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
			}
	    	
	    }
	    
	   
	    
	    public void PostData(String[] valuse) {
	    	try
	    	{
	    	HttpClient httpClient=new DefaultHttpClient();
	    	HttpPost httpPost=new HttpPost(
                                  "http://10.0.0.8:7777/HttpPostServlet/servlet/httpPostServlet");
	    	List<NameValuePair> list=new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
	    	list.add(new BasicNameValuePair("name", valuse[0]));
	    	list.add(new BasicNameValuePair("pass",valuse[1]));
	    	httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(list));
	    	httpClient.execute(httpPost);
	    	}
	    	catch(Exception e)
	    	{
	    		System.out.println(e);
	    	}
			
		}
	   
	    }
File: AndroidManifest.xml

You need to provide INTERNET permission in AndroidManifest.xml file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.newrestapi"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.newrestapi.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.newrestapi.ResisterUser"
            android:label="@string/title_activity_resister_user" >
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

Output:

android web service example output 1 android web service example output 2

Java Servlet Login and Register example using oracle database

Create table TheDeveloperBlog_user in the oracle database having three columns id, name and password. Id must be primary key and generated through SEQUENCE.

CREATE TABLE  "JAVATPOINT_USER" 
   (	"ID" NUMBER, 
	"NAME" VARCHAR2(4000), 
	"PASSWORD" VARCHAR2(4000), 
	 CONSTRAINT "JAVATPOINT_USER_PK" PRIMARY KEY ("ID") ENABLE
   )
/

New create two servlet classes to login and register user.

Login Servlet class

File: Login.java
package server;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

public class Login extends HttpServlet {

	
	public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
			throws ServletException, IOException {
		 response.setContentType("text/html");  
		   
		    ObjectOutputStream out=new ObjectOutputStream(response.getOutputStream());
		         
		    String n=request.getParameter("name");  
		    String p=request.getParameter("pass");
		    System.out.println(n);
		    System.out.println(p);
		          
		    if(validate(n, p)){  
		       out.writeObject("success");
		    
		    }  
		    else{  
		       out.writeObject("Sorry username or password error");
		    			       
		    }  
		          
		    out.close();  
		    }  
		
	
	public static boolean validate(String name,String pass){  
		boolean status=false;  
		try{  
			Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
	    	Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(
                      "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:xe","system","oracle");
		      
		PreparedStatement ps=con.prepareStatement(  
		"select * from TheDeveloperBlog_user where name=? and password=?");  
		ps.setString(1,name);  
		ps.setString(2,pass);  
		      
		ResultSet rs=ps.executeQuery();  
		status=rs.next();  
		          
		}catch(Exception e){System.out.println(e);}  
		return status;  
		}  
	public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException {
doGet(request, response);

}
}

httpPostServlet Servlet class

File: httpPostServlet.java
package server;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;


public class httpPostServlet extends HttpServlet {

	
	 public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)
     throws ServletException, IOException {
 response.setContentType("text/html");
String recived_data="";


 String s1=request.getParameter("name");
 String s2=request.getParameter("pass");
 System.out.println(s1);
 System.out.println(s2);  	
    	
    	try
    	{
    	Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
    	Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(
                       "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:xe","system","oracle");
    	PreparedStatement ps=con.prepareStatement(
                      "insert into TheDeveloperBlog_user(name,password) values(?,?)");
    	ps.setString(1, s1);
    	ps.setString(2,s2);
    	ps.executeUpdate();
    	con.close();
    	}
    	catch (Exception e) {
    		e.printStackTrace();
		}
    	 
} 
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)
     throws ServletException, IOException {
 doGet(request, response);
}

}

index.jsp

<form action="servlet/Login">
Name:<input type="text" name="name"/><br/>
Password:<input type="password" name="pass"/><br/>
<input type="submit" value="login"/>
</form>
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