[Java for Android App Development] clonedaccnt:
MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

private EditText usernameField,passwordField;
private TextView status,role,method;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
usernameField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1);
passwordField = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText2);
status = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView6);
role = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView7);
method = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView9);
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
public void login(View view){
String username = usernameField.getText().toString();
String password = passwordField.getText().toString();
method.setText("Get Method");
new SigninActivity(this,status,role,0).execute(username,password);

}
public void loginPost(View view){
String username = usernameField.getText().toString();
String password = passwordField.getText().toString();
method.setText("Post Method");
[B]new SigninActivity(this,status,role,1).execute(username,password);[/B]

}

}

Can someone explain to me what does this line do?

new SigninActivity(this,status,role,1).execute(username,password);

Here is the SigninActivity code.

SigninActivity.java

public class SigninActivity extends AsyncTask<String,Void,String>{

private TextView statusField,roleField;
private Context context;
private int byGetOrPost = 0;
//flag 0 means get and 1 means post.(By default it is get.)
public SigninActivity(Context context,TextView statusField,
TextView roleField,int flag) {
this.context = context;
this.statusField = statusField;
this.roleField = roleField;
byGetOrPost = flag;
}

protected void onPreExecute(){

}
@Override
protected String doInBackground(String... arg0) {
if(byGetOrPost == 0){ //means by Get Method
try{
String username = (String)arg0[0];
String password = (String)arg0[1];
String link = "";
URL url = new URL(link);
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet request = new HttpGet();
request.setURI(new URI(link));
HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader
(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));

StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("");
String line="";
while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line);
break;
}
in.close();
return sb.toString();
}catch(Exception e){
return new String("Exception: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
else{
try{
String username = (String)arg0[0];
String password = (String)arg0[1];
String link="";
String data = URLEncoder.encode("username", "UTF-8")
+ "=" + URLEncoder.encode(username, "UTF-8");
data += "&" + URLEncoder.encode("password", "UTF-8")
+ "=" + URLEncoder.encode(password, "UTF-8");
URL url = new URL(link);
URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
conn.setDoOutput(true);
OutputStreamWriter wr = new OutputStreamWriter
(conn.getOutputStream());
wr.write( data );
wr.flush();
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader
(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
String line = null;
// Read Server Response
while((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
{
sb.append(line);
break;
}
return sb.toString();
}catch(Exception e){
return new String("Exception: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result){
this.statusField.setText("Login Successful");
this.roleField.setText(result);
}
}

* I intentionally remove all the link from the code because I can't post any outside link yet to this account