How to parse and convert the contents of url into string?
whether this can be done for Android programming?
Use UrlQuerySanitizer class.
EDIT
Here is an article which will show you how to download images/files from a specific URL to your device.
Second Edit
See this answer.
You can take a look at this tutorial also.
What should I do to connect to Server from eclipse - Android?
Check This URL here i posted a complete code to connect to a url and read the entire content . at present it getting in the Log cat you can store it in Strings or anywhere you want