Hey peeps,
Heres a fun challenge for you expert androiders out there.
I am a n00b with android and so far I have created a listview that gets the "name" of mp3 tracks from my sql server database in which I have a name field.
Here is how I acheive that:
Code:
private void connect() {
String data;
List<String> r = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayAdapter<String>adapter=new ArrayAdapter<String>(getApplicationContext(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,r);
ListView list=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.listView1);
try {
DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet request = new HttpGet("myServerAddress.getfiles"); //ADD SERVER ADDRESS WHERE FILE IS HOSTED
HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
HttpEntity entity=response.getEntity();
data=EntityUtils.toString(entity);
Log.e("STRING", data);
try {
JSONObject jsonResponse = new JSONObject(data);
JSONArray jsonMainNode = jsonResponse.optJSONArray("mp3s");
for (int i = 0; i < jsonMainNode.length(); i++) {
JSONObject jsonChildNode = jsonMainNode.getJSONObject(i);
//String ID = jsonChildNode.getString("ID");
String name = jsonChildNode.getString("Name");
Log.e("STRING", name);
//r.add(ID);
r.add(name);
list.setAdapter(adapter);
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
Log.d("HTTPCLIENT", e.getLocalizedMessage());
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.d("HTTPCLIENT", e.getLocalizedMessage());
}
What I desperately need is:
A method that, when the user clicks on the listview item "name" it relates it to the "name" field in my database BUT fetches the "url" field in my database, realises its a weblink and streams the weblink as a service, opens up media player or whatever on users phone and begins streaming the audio file...
Right so I know I need:
- a onItemClick listener method
- I believe I need to open the connection to database again (not sure)
- I need to do some matching i.e. if listview item "name" == database.name then get URL field from database
- open player on users device
- stream music file.
Please can you help me acheive this?
Thanks in advance...
I actually got it to play the file with this code:
Code:
list.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,int position, long id) {
if (list.getItemAtPosition(position)==name) {
MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext(),FileName);
mp.start();
mp.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener() {
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
mp.release();
}
});
}
}
});
But the problem is:
- it only plays the last file in a listview of 3 items
- if the mp3 is already playing it will start to play again , so it plays 2 files
- the other 2 tracks in the list do not play
please help
thanks
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Hi all ,
I am developing an android app to invoke a webservice in SAP side.i have deployed the webservice and i have sucessfully invoked it using soapui.i am connected to my sap network via vpn.when i try to invoke the webservice from eclipse in the emulator.i am getting an warning "UnknownHostException: Unable to resolve host "myhostaddress": No address associated with hostname".
here is the code i used
public class customer_complaint extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
private static String SOAP_ACTION1 = "";
private static String METHOD_NAME1 = "ZfmCoeMob";
private static String NAMESPACE = "urn:sap-com:document:sap:soap:functions:mc-style";
private static String URL = "hypertextprotocol://10.201.52.86:8003/sap/bc/srt/wsdl/bndg_E2C5751FB4DDC7F192D3000E0CB7EB52/wsdl11/allinone/ws_policy/document?sap-language=EN&sap-client=100&sap-user=abap&[email protected]";
Button submit;
EditText editText_Customer,editText_Invoice;
@override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);
setContentView(R.layout.customer_complaint);
submit = (Button)findViewById(R.id.submit);
editText_Customer = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText_Customer);
editText_Invoice = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText_Invoice);
submit.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
@override
public void onClick(View v)
{
//Initialize soap request + add parameters
SoapObject request = new SoapObject(NAMESPACE, METHOD_NAME1);
//Use this to add parameters
request.addProperty("ZfmCoeMob",editText_Customer.getText().toString());
//Declare the version of the SOAP request
SoapSerializationEnvelope envelope = new SoapSerializationEnvelope(SoapEnvelope.VER11);
envelope.dotNet = true;
envelope.setOutputSoapObject(request);
try {
HttpTransportSE androidHttpTransport = new HttpTransportSE(URL);
//this is the actual part that will call the webservice
androidHttpTransport.call(SOAP_ACTION1, envelope);
// Get the SoapResult from the envelope body.
// SoapObject result = (SoapObject)envelope.bodyIn;
SoapPrimitive resultString = (SoapPrimitive)envelope.getResponse();
if(resultString != null)
{
//Get the first property and change the label text
// editText_Invoice.setText(result.getProperty(0).toString());
editText_Invoice.setText(resultString.toString());
}
else
{
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "No Response",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
}
is it something wrong due to the url link.but i am able to invoke the same service using soapui.i have attached my wsdl file with this thread.
I have an expandable list view with 2 parents and 3 children. I want to open a dialog based on each click. I can't find any examples showing you how to call something based on positions. At least not with the ExpandableListView tutorial I followed.
Code:
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
private LinkedHashMap<String, HeaderInfo> myDepartments = new LinkedHashMap<String, HeaderInfo>();
private ArrayList<HeaderInfo> deptList = new ArrayList<HeaderInfo>();
private MyListAdapter listAdapter;
private ExpandableListView myList;
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Just add some data to start with
loadData();
// get reference to the ExpandableListView
myList = (ExpandableListView) findViewById(R.id.myList);
// create the adapter by passing your ArrayList data
listAdapter = new MyListAdapter(MainActivity.this, deptList);
// attach the adapter to the list
myList.setAdapter(listAdapter);
// listener for child row click
myList.setOnChildClickListener(myListItemClicked);
// listener for group heading click
myList.setOnGroupClickListener(myListGroupClicked);
}
// load some initial data into out list
private void loadData() {
addProduct("Parent One", "Child One");
addProduct("Parent One", "Child Two");
addProduct("Parent One", "Child Three");
addProduct("Parent Two", "Child One");
addProduct("Parent Two", "Child Two");
addProduct("Parent Two", "Child Three");
}
// our child listener
private OnChildClickListener myListItemClicked = new OnChildClickListener() {
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public boolean onChildClick(ExpandableListView parent, View v,
int groupPosition, int childPosition, long id) {
// Create a switch that switches on the specific child position.
// get the group header
HeaderInfo headerInfo = deptList.get(groupPosition);
// get the child info
DetailInfo detailInfo = headerInfo.getProductList().get(
childPosition);
// display it or do something with it
// custom dialog
final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(MainActivity.this);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.cdialog);
// dialog.setTitle(R.id.titlebar);
dialog.setTitle(R.string.titlebar);
dialog.show();
return false;
}
};
// our group listener
private OnGroupClickListener myListGroupClicked = new OnGroupClickListener() {
public boolean onGroupClick(ExpandableListView parent, View v,
int groupPosition, long id) {
// get the group header HeaderInfo headerInfo =
deptList.get(groupPosition);
// display it or do something with it
return false;
}
};
I can get a custom dialog open if I click a child, but it's not set to any specific parent and child.
Any ideas?
EDIT ADD: Got it. Tried a switch/case like this and it worked. Finally! After two days of trying to understand it.:fingers-crossed:
Code:
switch(groupPosition) {
case 1:
switch (childPosition) {
case 0:
Intent protheanIntent = new Intent(Codex.this, CodexProthean.class);
Codex.this.startActivity(protheanIntent);
break;
case 1:
Intent rachniIntent = new Intent(Codex.this, CodexRachni.class);
Codex.this.startActivity(rachniIntent);
break;
}
case 2:
switch (childPosition) {
case 2:
Intent asariIntent = new Intent(Codex.this, CodexAsari.class);
Codex.this.startActivity(asariIntent);
break;
}
}
Hi all skilled developers,
I am a newbie in coding, and I just want to make some small changes to my app.
It is a licensing feature.
1) Licensee information are stored at a very simple website. With columns for Names, IMEI and Remarks.
2) I have the following chunk of code:
Code:
if(hadLicense) {
new AlertDialog.Builder(InsuranceGuruSplash.this)
.setTitle("License")
.setMessage("Your device is registered.\nWelcome.")
.setPositiveButton("Send", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener()
Intent intent = new Intent(InsuranceGuruSplash.this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
finish();
I want to show a toast saying,
Welcome, Shawn. Your device is registered till DD/MM/YY.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can someone teach me how I can go about doing this?:silly:
You can show a toast using:
Code:
Toast.makeText(context, text, duration).show();
Just make the text String first with the text and time. For duration use Toast.LENGTH_SHORT
SimplicityApks,
Thanks for your reply. I still don't really know what you mean. how do I echo a text from a website into the app's toast?
This is the full code:
Code:
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
String url_for_sale = "www(dot)heyfellas(dot)com/guru/index.php";
parseLicense(url_for_sale);
return null;
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
TelephonyManager mngr = (TelephonyManager)getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
final String imei = mngr.getDeviceId();
boolean hadLicense = false;
for(LicenseInfo license: licenses) {
if(license.phoneIMEI.equals(imei))
hadLicense = true;
}
if(hadLicense) {
Intent intent = new Intent(InsuranceGuruSplash.this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
finish();
} else {
new AlertDialog.Builder(InsuranceGuruSplash.this)
.setTitle("License")
.setMessage("Your device is not registered.\nPlease send your details to the admin.")
.setPositiveButton("Send", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
finish();
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
i.setType("message/rfc822");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL , new String[]{"[email protected]"});
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Request for license");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT , "UserName: \n\nPhone Number: \n\nEmail: \n\nIMEI: " + imei);
try {
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Send mail..."));
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Toast.makeText(PropertyGuruSplash.this, "There are no email clients installed.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
})
.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
finish();
}
})
.create().show();
}
}
}
You need
[java]
String name = ...;
String date = ....;
Toast.makeToast(Activity.this, name + ", you have registered since "+date, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();[/java]
I suppose, you are strong at server side than in client programming? Then echo the result in your desired format in your php and read it in java then display it in toast. Use the below snippet:
Code:
HttpClient httpclient=new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost=new HttpPost("http://www(dot)heyfellas(dot)com/guru/index.php");
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
String Result = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
Toast.makeText(Context, Result, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
I have a large data to load from JSON.
I have implemented a custom list view by following a tutorial, now since the data is huge I want it load as the user scrolls.
This is my LoadRestaurant class code which is inside the main activity.
Code:
class LoadRestaurants extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
//Show Progress Dialog
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
pDialog = new ProgressDialog(SearchAll.this);
pDialog.setMessage("Loading All Restaurants...");
pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
pDialog.setCancelable(false);
pDialog.show();
}
protected String doInBackground(String... arg) {
//building parameters
List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
//Getting JSON from URL
String json = jsonParser.makeHttpRequest(URL_RESTAURANT_LIST, "GET", params);
//Log Cat Response Check
Log.d("Areas JSON: ", "> " + json);
try {
restaurants = new JSONArray(json);
if (restaurants != null) {
//loop through all restaurants
for (int i = 0; i < restaurants.length(); i++) {
JSONObject c = restaurants.getJSONObject(i);
//Storing each json object in the variable.
String id = c.getString(TAG_ID);
String name = c.getString(TAG_NAME);
String location = c.getString(TAG_LOCATION);
String rating = c.getString(TAG_RATING);
//Creating New Hashmap
HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
//adding each child node to Hashmap key
map.put(TAG_ID, id);
map.put(TAG_NAME, name);
map.put(TAG_LOCATION, location);
map.put(TAG_RATING, rating);
//adding HashList to ArrayList
restaurant_list.add(map);
}
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
//dismiss the dialog
pDialog.dismiss();
//Updating UI from the Background Thread
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
ListAdapter adapter = new SimpleAdapter(
SearchAll.this, restaurant_list,
R.layout.listview_restaurants, new String[]{
TAG_ID, TAG_NAME, TAG_LOCATION, TAG_RATING}, new int[]{
R.id.login_id, R.id.restaurant_name, R.id.address, R.id.rating});
setListAdapter(adapter);
ListView lv = getListView();
lv.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
// Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
Intent intent = new Intent(SearchAll.this, RestaurantProfile.class);
String loginId = ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.login_id)).getText().toString();
intent.putExtra("login_id", loginId);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
}
});
}
}
}
I want to load around 20 restaurants and then it auto loads another 20 as soon as user reaches the end of first 20.
There are lots of tutorials online but its confusing to implement.
Please help me out!
The custom ListView, support for automatic loading you can try https://github.com/chrisbanes/Android-PullToRefresh
I love Android. I want to learn to develop apps. I keep reading tutorials. I got dissapointed and read about HTML frameworks (phonegap, etc). I came back to Android Native Java. I want to learn from the roots. However, some things discourages me....
All this part of the code is just for making a request to the Openweather API and get the json data (plus a little debugging stuff); which in Python or similar languages you only have to care about
- importing the library that handles http requests
- make the request in one function and save it into a json object
Code:
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
BufferedReader reader = null;
// Will contain the raw JSON response as a string.
String forecastJsonStr = null;
String format = "json";
String units = "metric";
int numDays = 7;
try {
final String FORECAST_BASE_URL =
"<the-domain>/data/2.5/forecast/daily?";
final String QUERY_PARAM = "q";
final String FORMAT_PARAM = "mode";
final String UNITS_PARAM = "units";
final String DAYS_PARAM = "cnt";
Uri builtUri = Uri.parse(FORECAST_BASE_URL).buildUpon()
.appendQueryParameter(QUERY_PARAM, params[0])
.appendQueryParameter(FORMAT_PARAM, format)
.appendQueryParameter(UNITS_PARAM, units)
.appendQueryParameter(DAYS_PARAM, Integer.toString(numDays))
.build();
URL url = new URL(builtUri.toString());
Log.v(LOG_TAG, "Built URI " + builtUri.toString());
// Create the request to OpenWeatherMap, and open the connection
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
urlConnection.connect();
// Read the input stream into a String
InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
if (inputStream == null) {
// Nothing to do.
return null;
}
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
buffer.append(line + "\n");
}
if (buffer.length() == 0) {
// Stream was empty. No point in parsing.
return null;
}
forecastJsonStr = buffer.toString();
Log.v(LOG_TAG, "Forecast string: " + forecastJsonStr);
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Error ", e);
// If the code didn't successfully get the weather data, there's no point in attemping
// to parse it.
return null;
} finally {
if (urlConnection != null) {
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
if (reader != null) {
try {
reader.close();
} catch (final IOException e) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Error closing stream", e);
}
}
}
This is the complete Class:
Code:
public class FetchWeatherTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String[]> {
private final String LOG_TAG = FetchWeatherTask.class.getSimpleName();
/* The date/time conversion code is going to be moved outside the asynctask later,
* so for convenience we're breaking it out into its own method now.
*/
private String getReadableDateString(long time){
// Because the API returns a unix timestamp (measured in seconds),
// it must be converted to milliseconds in order to be converted to valid date.
Date date = new Date(time * 1000);
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("E, MMM d");
return format.format(date).toString();
}
/**
* Prepare the weather high/lows for presentation.
*/
private String formatHighLows(double high, double low) {
// For presentation, assume the user doesn't care about tenths of a degree.
long roundedHigh = Math.round(high);
long roundedLow = Math.round(low);
String highLowStr = roundedHigh + "/" + roundedLow;
return highLowStr;
}
/**
* Take the String representing the complete forecast in JSON Format and
* pull out the data we need to construct the Strings needed for the wireframes.
*
* Fortunately parsing is easy: constructor takes the JSON string and converts it
* into an Object hierarchy for us.
*/
private String[] getWeatherDataFromJson(String forecastJsonStr, int numDays)
throws JSONException {
// These are the names of the JSON objects that need to be extracted.
final String OWM_LIST = "list";
final String OWM_WEATHER = "weather";
final String OWM_TEMPERATURE = "temp";
final String OWM_MAX = "max";
final String OWM_MIN = "min";
final String OWM_DATETIME = "dt";
final String OWM_DESCRIPTION = "main";
JSONObject forecastJson = new JSONObject(forecastJsonStr);
JSONArray weatherArray = forecastJson.getJSONArray(OWM_LIST);
String[] resultStrs = new String[numDays];
for(int i = 0; i < weatherArray.length(); i++) {
// For now, using the format "Day, description, hi/low"
String day;
String description;
String highAndLow;
// Get the JSON object representing the day
JSONObject dayForecast = weatherArray.getJSONObject(i);
// The date/time is returned as a long. We need to convert that
// into something human-readable, since most people won't read "1400356800" as
// "this saturday".
long dateTime = dayForecast.getLong(OWM_DATETIME);
day = getReadableDateString(dateTime);
// description is in a child array called "weather", which is 1 element long.
JSONObject weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
description = weatherObject.getString(OWM_DESCRIPTION);
// Temperatures are in a child object called "temp". Try not to name variables
// "temp" when working with temperature. It confuses everybody.
JSONObject temperatureObject = dayForecast.getJSONObject(OWM_TEMPERATURE);
double high = temperatureObject.getDouble(OWM_MAX);
double low = temperatureObject.getDouble(OWM_MIN);
highAndLow = formatHighLows(high, low);
resultStrs[i] = day + " - " + description + " - " + highAndLow;
}
for (String s : resultStrs) {
Log.v(LOG_TAG, "Forecast entry: " + s);
}
return resultStrs;
}
@Override
protected String[] doInBackground(String... params) {
// If there's no zip code, there's nothing to look up. Verify size of params.
if (params.length == 0) {
return null;
}
// These two need to be declared outside the try/catch
// so that they can be closed in the finally block.
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
BufferedReader reader = null;
// Will contain the raw JSON response as a string.
String forecastJsonStr = null;
String format = "json";
String units = "metric";
int numDays = 7;
try {
// Construct the URL for the OpenWeatherMap query
// Possible parameters are avaiable at OWM's forecast API page
final String FORECAST_BASE_URL =
"<the-domain>/data/2.5/forecast/daily?";
final String QUERY_PARAM = "q";
final String FORMAT_PARAM = "mode";
final String UNITS_PARAM = "units";
final String DAYS_PARAM = "cnt";
Uri builtUri = Uri.parse(FORECAST_BASE_URL).buildUpon()
.appendQueryParameter(QUERY_PARAM, params[0])
.appendQueryParameter(FORMAT_PARAM, format)
.appendQueryParameter(UNITS_PARAM, units)
.appendQueryParameter(DAYS_PARAM, Integer.toString(numDays))
.build();
URL url = new URL(builtUri.toString());
Log.v(LOG_TAG, "Built URI " + builtUri.toString());
// Create the request to OpenWeatherMap, and open the connection
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
urlConnection.connect();
// Read the input stream into a String
InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
if (inputStream == null) {
// Nothing to do.
return null;
}
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
// Since it's JSON, adding a newline isn't necessary (it won't affect parsing)
// But it does make debugging a *lot* easier if you print out the completed
// buffer for debugging.
buffer.append(line + "\n");
}
if (buffer.length() == 0) {
// Stream was empty. No point in parsing.
return null;
}
forecastJsonStr = buffer.toString();
Log.v(LOG_TAG, "Forecast string: " + forecastJsonStr);
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Error ", e);
// If the code didn't successfully get the weather data, there's no point in attemping
// to parse it.
return null;
} finally {
if (urlConnection != null) {
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
if (reader != null) {
try {
reader.close();
} catch (final IOException e) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Error closing stream", e);
}
}
}
try {
return getWeatherDataFromJson(forecastJsonStr, numDays);
} catch (JSONException e) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, e.getMessage(), e);
e.printStackTrace();
}
// This will only happen if there was an error getting or parsing the forecast.
return null;
}
}
I mean, I know this code can be reduced, but I'm angry about the way it works. Everything needs to be passed to another object! And even rembember all those castings! Castings everywhere!
- The builded URI to the URL.
- The URL to the HttpConection variable.
- Once you connect, save that into the InputStream.
- Make a StringBuffer because we are going to send line by line everything.
- Then create the reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream)).
- Append the lines to the buffer and return if it's ok.
- Else catch all the errors and be sure to close all the connections.
Damn Java !
Forgive me. You'll hate me.
Java is readable, that's the truth... but don't tell me that it is easy for a normal person.
Am I the only one?
If you are a beginner and will straight move to these classes. You will obviously find Java difficult. But Java is very easy if you move step by step from start
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And that library also does the same thing inside. Only difference is, your work is already done by author of the library.
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Java is definitely a very verbose language but it's also widely used and so you will find many libraries that do tasks like grab JSON data from a service that have already been implemented for you
manwoman said:
Damn Java !
Forgive me. You'll hate me.
Java is readable, that's the truth... but don't tell me that it is easy for a normal person.
Am I the only one?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't think you're the only one. It's easy to get scared away by the many too verbose examples available, the key is to look at what you're trying to achieve and then break it up into those parts.
Your code listing is (I think) an attempt to show all steps to get the forecast data, but if that would have been broken up into smaller steps I don't think you'd look at it as quite as bad.
You would then have methods like
Code:
URL getForecastUrl(String parameter);
Code:
BufferedReader getUrl(URL url) { }
Code:
String readAll(BufferedReader reader) {}
Each of which would have had something like 6-7 lines of simple, cohesive code.
I understand your point, but in this particular scenario I think you're the victim of a poorly structured code sample rather than a too verbose language.
If you think the default implementation is too complicated, here are also many java libraries which will make your life easier.