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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Getting Data from the Web Trying Code and Catching Exceptions

Posted by Junaid Shaikh
Junaid Shaikh
Courses Plus Student 1,533 Points

getting error .......!!

try { URL blogFeedUrl = new URL (http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/api/get_recent_summary/?count=20); } catch (MalformedURLException e ){

Syntax error on token(s), misplaced construct(s) getting error till URL blogFeedUrl = new URL

and the second error Syntax error on token ":", EmptyStatement expected after this token on (http:

please answer and help

1 Answer

Ethan Lowry
Ethan Lowry
Courses Plus Student 7,323 Points

In the code you posted there are no quotation marks around the string you are passing in to new URL - is this the case in your actual code as well?

Junaid Shaikh
Junaid Shaikh
Courses Plus Student 1,533 Points

got it Thanxxxxxxxxx

Ethan Lowry
Ethan Lowry
Courses Plus Student 7,323 Points

You're welcome - in future try and always check carefully through your code for basic errors like this before asking online :)

Junaid Shaikh
Junaid Shaikh
Courses Plus Student 1,533 Points

OK ..........and thanx again