How to get data from multiple URL's and store it into a simple array?

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I'm using the following class (AsyncTask) to retrieve info from 8 different URL's. I want to store the retrieved data into an array of 8 elements (one for each URL I get data from).

 private class getDataClass extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String>{
    protected String doInBackground(String...urls){
        String response = "";
        for(String url : urls){
            DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
            HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);
            try{
                HttpResponse execute = client.execute(httpGet);
                InputStream content = execute.getEntity().getContent();

                BufferedReader buffer = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(content));

                String s = "";

                while((s = buffer.readLine()) != null){
                    response += s;
                }
            }catch(Exception e){
                e.printStackTrace();
            } 
        }
        return response;
    }

    protected void onPostExecute(String result){
        Resources.descriptionArray[descriptionArray_Counter] = Html.fromHtml(result).toString();
        descriptionArray_Counter++;
    }

And calling it like this:

   getDataClass getData = new getDataClass();
   getData.execute(description_links);

The problem I'm obviously getting is that all the info is stored into array[0], as my AsyncTask class returns a single "response" string.

What I'd like to know, since I haven't found many examples of this is what would be a more elegant way to do this and how would other, more experienced coders go about this.

Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer.

Paresh Mayani · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-06 12:29:32Z

1

 as my AsyncTask class returns a single "response" string.

=> It is not true. Because AsyncTask can return ArrayList as well other than a string only.

You should check the AsyncTask's Generic type

edited Apr 6, 2012 at 12:29

answered Apr 6, 2012 at 12:24

Paresh Mayani

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Eugen Over a year ago

Thanks for your answer. Any help about how to go about implementing this? Or a link maybe?

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