AsyncHttpTask.java public class AsyncHttpTask extends AsyncTask { @Override protected Integer doInBackground(String... params) { InputStream inputStream = null; Integer result = 0; try { /* create Apache HttpClient */ HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(); /* HttpGet Method */ HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(params[0]); /* optional request header */ httpGet.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); /* optional request header */ httpGet.setHeader("Accept", "application/json"); /* Make http request call */ HttpResponse httpResponse = httpclient.execute(httpGet); int statusCode = httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(); /* 200 represents HTTP OK */ if (statusCode == 200) { /* receive response as inputStream */ inputStream = httpResponse.getEntity().getContent(); String response = convertInputStreamToString(inputStream); parseResult(response); result = 1; // Successful } else{ result = 0; //"Failed to fetch data!"; } } catch (Exception e) { Log.d(TAG, e.getLocalizedMessage()); } return result; //"Failed to fetch data!"; }\ @Override protected void onPostExecute(Integer result) { /* Download complete. Lets update UI */ if(result == 1){ arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter(MyActivity.this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, blogTitles); listView.setAdapter(arrayAdapter); }else{ Log.e(TAG, "Failed to fetch data!"); } } }