Use URL on Android throws IOException: Malformed ipv6 address

Question

I want to send the data on the android emulator to the local host web, and get some results.

String temp = \"http://10.0.2.2:8888/json/rec?user_data=\" + use         


        

Answer 1

Its a known bug thats fixed in a future release.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=12724

The easy fix is to use a different constructor to the URL .. the one that accepts hostname, port and file

URL(String protocol, String host, int port, String file)

EDIT

In your case, it would be

URL url = new URL("http", "10.0.2.2" , 8888 , "json/rec?user_data=" + user_data + "&friends=" + friends);

Answer 2

Probably because the host contains a colon, which it takes to mean this is a numeric IPv6 address