how to define the method openstream for String url in android

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in my app i am trying to parse an xml file from a url. My url contains some Strings which values are got from an edit box in another activity. In mu coding i got error in the following line

xmlreader.parse(new InputSource(url.openStream()));

A red line is shown in the word openStream, it says that
"The method openStream() is undefined for the type String"

please tell me how to define a openStream method for a url which is a String

Selvin · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-18 15:25:17Z

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how to define the method openstream for String url in android

you can't String is final class

You need to use some HTTP client library and download the content from the internet.

You may also use URL class like new URL(url).openStream() but remeber to use it on non UI thread.

edited Jan 18, 2017 at 15:25

answered Apr 11, 2011 at 11:52

Selvin

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