how to send the data from EditText to a website?

Question

i'm making an application in which i need to make a "register" activity which has few EditTexts. Now, the problem i'm facing is i need to send the data from EditText to some website. This website also has the same register page.

Please suggest some way how can i send the data to that particular column of website.

i have attached the pictures of the website img1 is the image of the website and img2 is the image of my application.

P.S. the website is in php and i don't have any relation with the person who owns this website. so i can't expect any help from him.

thanks in advance!

Answer 1

To read value from the EditText do this:

EditText edit   = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edittext);
String name = edit.getText().toString();

Do this for all the other values in the form

Try using this function to post data to the script on the server that handles the registration.

public void postData(String name, String email, String password, String city, 
String phone, String, address, String pin) {
    // Create a new HttpClient and Post Header
    HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
    HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("http://www.yoursite.com/registration.php");

    try {
        // Add your data
        List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(2);
        nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("Name", name));
        nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("Email", email));
        nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("Password", password));
        nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("City", city));
        nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("Phone", phone));
        nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("Address", address));
        nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("Pin", pin));
        httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));

        // Execute HTTP Post Request
        HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);

    } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    } catch (IOException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    }
} 

You should run a check on the values that are being sent in this form before doing the actual posting, since I am assuming these values are going into a database and its good practice to check for valid data.

Also in your android manifest file, you should enable internet use.

<manifest xlmns:android...>
 ...
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>
</manifest>

Another point you should consider is that the network will not be available on the phone at all times. So you should check for the network state before making the calls above. You should set another permission :

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"></uses-permission>

Now you can use this function to poll for network availability:

public boolean checkNetwork() {
    ConnectivityManager connectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager) 
      getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
    NetworkInfo networkInfo = connectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo();
    if (networkInfo != null && networkInfo.isConnected()) {
        return true;
    }else{
        return false;
    }
}