Android php web service client

In this post Im going to show you how we can access a very simple php web service from an Android application.
You can host your web service on wamp server installed in your machine or you can simply use a cloud server like 000webhost.

1. To keep things simple Im going to use a dummy php code as follows
    <?php

        echo "Hello world!!!!"

  ?>

Create this php file and copy it in to www directory of wamp server or upload it in to a cloud server.

2. Here is the code for Android activity

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import java.io.IOException;
import android.widget.TextView;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public class AndroidWebActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("http://www.codeincloud.tk/First.php");
        try {
           HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
           final String str =  EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
           TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
           tv.setText(str);
        } 
       catch (IOException e) {
           // TODO Auto-generated catch block
           e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Note : If you are using wamp server dont use local host for the url in line 18, use 10.0.2.2.
           Eg: http://10.0.2.2/android_connect/first.php
Dont forget to add internet permission.
Output of the program :