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    <p>I have a problem with the following code. First, I am a newbie to Java with experience with several other languages.</p> <p>When I run the following on Android, it errors at "in.close();", jumps to the catch block and runs Return ""; The thing is, the function doesn't return an empty string, it successfully returns the correct json data even though the debugger says it isn't running return json, but that it's running return "";</p> <pre><code>public void fetch() { // Get the JSON of the image gallery String json = getJSON(); // json somehow has the actual correct json data and not an empty string! }; private String getJSON() { try { // Create a URL for the desired page URL url = new URL("http://imgur.com/gallery.json"); // Read all the text returned by the server BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream(), "UTF-8")); String json = in.readLine(); in.close(); return json; // &lt;-- debugger doesn't break here! } catch(Exception e) { Log.e("getJSON", e.getMessage()); return ""; // &lt;-- debugger breaks here! Cat Log shows nothing! } } </code></pre> <p>I copy the exact same code into a Java console so that I can output the error message and watch it in the debugger with break points, and the code executes without error.</p> <pre><code> try { // Create a URL for the desired page URL url = new URL("http://imgur.com/gallery.json"); // Read all the text returned by the server BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream())); String json = in.readLine(); in.close(); System.out.println(json); } catch(Exception e) { System.out.println(e.getMessage()); } </code></pre> <p>What exactly is going on? Why is my code run on Android erroring when it runs in a Java Console just fine? Why when it errors does it not return what the error is supposed to return; and empty string? How can I view the error message in Android?</p>
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    1. COhave you set Internet permission in manifest file ?
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    2. COAre you sure you get an error? You can call `e.printStackTrace()` on your exception to get the exact type of exception and on what line it occured. This works for both regular java and Android (on android it shows up in the LogCat).
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    3. COI added e.printStackTrace() in my catch block before the return, and nothing is showing up in my LogCat. If the function is returning the json correctly, and no error is being output, why then does the debugger break at the breakpoint on my return in the catch block?
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