Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.content.Context; import android.util.Log; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.OutputStream; import java.net.HttpURLConnection; import java.net.MalformedURLException; import java.net.URL; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Random; public class Main { private static final int MAX_ATTEMPTS = 5; private static final int BACKOFF_MILLI_SECONDS = 2000; private static final Random random = new Random(); private static final String SERVER_URL = "http://192.168.1.42/CryOut/androidlink.php"; private static final String TAG = "ServerUtilities"; static boolean register(final Context context, String complainttype, String medical, String police, String couns, String eventdeails, String fullname, String email) { String serverUrl = SERVER_URL; Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>(); params.put("type", complainttype); params.put("medical", medical); params.put("police", police); params.put("counselling", couns); params.put("details", eventdeails); params.put("name", fullname); params.put("email", email); long backoff = BACKOFF_MILLI_SECONDS + random.nextInt(1000); for (int i = 1; i <= MAX_ATTEMPTS; i++) { Log.d(TAG, "Attempt #" + i + " to register"); try { post(serverUrl, params); return true; } catch (IOException e) { if (i == MAX_ATTEMPTS) { break; } try { Log.d(TAG, "Sleeping for " + backoff + " ms before retry"); Thread.sleep(backoff); } catch (InterruptedException e1) { Log.d(TAG, "Thread interrupted: abort remaining retries!"); Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); return false; } backoff *= 2; } } return false; } private static void post(String endpoint, Map<String, String> params) throws IOException { URL url; try { url = new URL(endpoint); } catch (MalformedURLException e) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid url: " + endpoint); } StringBuilder bodyBuilder = new StringBuilder(); Iterator<Map.Entry<String, String>> iterator = params.entrySet().iterator(); // constructs the POST body using the parameters while (iterator.hasNext()) { Map.Entry<String, String> param = iterator.next(); bodyBuilder.append(param.getKey()).append('=').append(param.getValue()); if (iterator.hasNext()) { bodyBuilder.append('&'); } } String body = bodyBuilder.toString(); Log.v(TAG, "Posting '" + body + "' to " + url); byte[] bytes = body.getBytes(); HttpURLConnection conn = null; try { Log.e("URL", "> " + url); conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(); conn.setDoOutput(true); conn.setUseCaches(false); conn.setFixedLengthStreamingMode(bytes.length); conn.setRequestMethod("POST"); conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8"); // post the request OutputStream out = conn.getOutputStream(); out.write(bytes); out.close(); // handle the response int status = conn.getResponseCode(); if (status != 200) { throw new IOException("Post failed with error code " + status); } } finally { if (conn != null) { conn.disconnect(); } } } }