Snippet for HTTPUrlConnection in Android

httpurlconnection.java

new Thread() {

    @Override
    public void run() {

        HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;

        try {
            URL url = new URL("http://google.com");
            urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

            InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(urlConnection.getInputStream());
            //Apache commons IOUtils
            String result = IOUtils.toString(in);
            Logger.e(TAG, "result - " + result);
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            Logger.e(TAG, "error mfe : " + e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Logger.e(TAG, "error io : " + e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            if(urlConnection != null){
                urlConnection.disconnect();
            }
        }
    }
}.start();