app/src/main/java/com/jens/automation2/Action.java

@@ -648,7 +648,6 @@ public class Action
 	{		
 		String username = null;
 		String password = null;
-		String method = ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl.methodGet;
 		String url;
 		
 		String[] components = getParameter2().split(";");
@@ -658,9 +657,6 @@ public class Action
 			username = components[0];
 			password = components[1];
 			url = components[2];
-
-			if(components.length >= 4)
-				method = components[3];
 		}
 		else	// compatibility for very old versions which haven't upgraded, yet.
 			url = components[0];
@@ -674,7 +670,7 @@ public class Action
 			Miscellaneous.logEvent("i", "HTTP", "Attempting download of " + url, 4);	//getResources().getString("attemptingDownloadOf");
 			
 			if(this.getParameter1())	// use authentication
-				new DownloadTask().execute(url, username, password, method);
+				new DownloadTask().execute(url, username, password);
 			else
 				new DownloadTask().execute(url, null, null);
 		}
@@ -696,17 +692,14 @@ public class Action
 	    	
 	    	String urlUsername = null;
 	    	String urlPassword = null;
-			String method = ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl.methodGet;
 	    	if(parameters.length >= 3)
 	    	{
-		    	urlUsername = parameters[1];
+		    	urlUsername=parameters[1];
-		    	urlPassword = parameters[2];
+		    	urlPassword=parameters[2];
-
-				if(parameters.length >= 4)
-					method = parameters[3];
 	    	}
 	    	
 	    	String response = "httpError";
+	    	HttpGet post;
 	    	
 	    	if(Settings.httpAttempts < 1)
 	    		Miscellaneous.logEvent("w", "HTTP Request", Miscellaneous.getAnyContext().getResources().getString(R.string.cantDownloadTooFewRequestsInSettings), 3);
@@ -717,9 +710,9 @@ public class Action
 
 				// Either thorough checking or no encryption
 				if(!Settings.httpAcceptAllCertificates || !urlString.toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault()).contains("https"))
-					response = Miscellaneous.downloadURL(urlString, urlUsername, urlPassword, method);
+					response = Miscellaneous.downloadURL(urlString, urlUsername, urlPassword);
 				else
-					response = Miscellaneous.downloadURLwithoutCertificateChecking(urlString, urlUsername, urlPassword, method);
+					response = Miscellaneous.downloadURLwithoutCertificateChecking(urlString, urlUsername, urlPassword);
 
 				try
 				{

app/src/main/java/com/jens/automation2/ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl.java

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import android.widget.CompoundButton;
 import android.widget.CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener;
 import android.widget.EditText;
 import android.widget.ListView;
-import android.widget.RadioButton;
 import android.widget.TableLayout;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
@@ -27,16 +26,12 @@ public class ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl extends Activity
 	EditText etTriggerUrl, etTriggerUrlUsername, etTriggerUrlPassword;
 	ListView lvTriggerUrlPostParameters;
 	CheckBox chkTriggerUrlUseAuthentication;
-	RadioButton rbTriggerUrlMethodGet, rbTriggerUrlMethodPost;
 	TableLayout tlTriggerUrlAuthentication;
 	
 	ArrayAdapter<Map<String,String>> lvTriggerUrlPostParametersAdapter;
 	
 //	private String existingUrl = "";
 	
-	public static final String methodGet = "GET";
-	public static final String methodPost = "POST";
-	
 	public static boolean edit = false;
 	public static Action resultingAction = null;
 	
@@ -54,9 +49,6 @@ public class ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl extends Activity
 		lvTriggerUrlPostParameters = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.lvTriggerUrlPostParameters);
 		tlTriggerUrlAuthentication = (TableLayout)findViewById(R.id.tlTriggerUrlAuthentication);
 		bSaveTriggerUrl = (Button)findViewById(R.id.bSaveSpeakText);
-		rbTriggerUrlMethodGet = (RadioButton) findViewById(R.id.rbTriggerUrlMethodGet);
-		rbTriggerUrlMethodPost = (RadioButton) findViewById(R.id.rbTriggerUrlMethodPost);
-
 		bSaveTriggerUrl.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
 		{			
 			@Override
@@ -67,8 +59,6 @@ public class ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl extends Activity
 					if(resultingAction == null)
 					{
 						resultingAction = new Action();
-					}
-
 						resultingAction.setAction(Action_Enum.triggerUrl);
 						resultingAction.setParameter1(chkTriggerUrlUseAuthentication.isChecked());
 						
@@ -81,17 +71,12 @@ public class ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl extends Activity
 						if(password == null)
 							password = "";
 						
-						String method = methodGet;
-						if(rbTriggerUrlMethodPost.isChecked())
-							method = methodPost;
-
 						ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl.resultingAction.setParameter2(
 																				username + ";" +
 																				password + ";" +
-																				etTriggerUrl.getText().toString().trim() + ";" +
+																				etTriggerUrl.getText().toString().trim()
-																				method
 																			);
-
+					}
 					backToRuleManager();
 				}
 				else
@@ -99,25 +84,16 @@ public class ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl extends Activity
 			}
 		});
 
+
 		chkTriggerUrlUseAuthentication.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new OnCheckedChangeListener()
 		{			
 			@Override
 			public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked)
 			{
 				if(isChecked)
-				{
 					tlTriggerUrlAuthentication.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
-					rbTriggerUrlMethodGet.setChecked(false);
-					rbTriggerUrlMethodPost.setChecked(true);
-					rbTriggerUrlMethodGet.setEnabled(false);
-					rbTriggerUrlMethodPost.setEnabled(false);
-				}
 				else
-				{
 					tlTriggerUrlAuthentication.setVisibility(View.GONE);
-					rbTriggerUrlMethodGet.setEnabled(true);
-					rbTriggerUrlMethodPost.setEnabled(true);
-				}
 
 				etTriggerUrlUsername.setEnabled(isChecked);
 				etTriggerUrlPassword.setEnabled(isChecked);
@@ -134,6 +110,7 @@ public class ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl extends Activity
 		});
 		updateListView();
 
+		
 		ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl.edit = getIntent().getBooleanExtra("edit", false);
 		if(edit)
 		{
@@ -146,20 +123,6 @@ public class ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl extends Activity
 				chkTriggerUrlUseAuthentication.setChecked(ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl.resultingAction.getParameter1());
 				etTriggerUrlUsername.setText(components[0]);
 				etTriggerUrlPassword.setText(components[1]);
-
-				if(components.length >= 4)
-				{
-					switch(components[3])
-					{
-						case methodPost:
-							rbTriggerUrlMethodPost.setChecked(true);
-							break;
-						case methodGet:
-						default:
-							rbTriggerUrlMethodGet.setChecked(true);
-							break;
-					}
-				}
 			}
 			else
 				etTriggerUrl.setText(components[0]);
@@ -179,17 +142,12 @@ public class ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl extends Activity
 			if(password == null)
 				password = "";
 			
-			String method = methodGet;
-			if(rbTriggerUrlMethodPost.isChecked())
-				method = methodPost;
-
 			ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl.resultingAction.setParameter1(chkTriggerUrlUseAuthentication.isChecked());
 			
 			ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl.resultingAction.setParameter2(
 																	username + ";" +
 																	password + ";" +
-																	etTriggerUrl.getText().toString() + ";" +
+																	etTriggerUrl.getText().toString()
-																	method
 																);
 		}
 		

app/src/main/java/com/jens/automation2/AsyncTasks.java

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class AsyncTasks
 
             try
             {
-                String result = Miscellaneous.downloadURL("https://server47.de/automation/?action=getLatestVersionCode", null, null, ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl.methodGet).trim();
+                String result = Miscellaneous.downloadURL("https://server47.de/automation/?action=getLatestVersionCode", null, null).trim();
                 int latestVersion = Integer.parseInt(result);
 
                 // At this point the update check itself has already been successful.

app/src/main/java/com/jens/automation2/Miscellaneous.java

@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@ import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.HttpVersion;
 import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPut;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase;
 import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.params.BasicHttpParams;
@@ -124,7 +120,7 @@ public class Miscellaneous extends Service
 
 	public static final String lineSeparator = System.getProperty("line.separator");
 	
-	public static String downloadURL(String url, String username, String password, String method)
+	public static String downloadURL(String url, String username, String password)
 	{
 		HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
 		StringBuilder responseBody = new StringBuilder();
@@ -152,8 +148,6 @@ public class Miscellaneous extends Service
 	                connection.setDoOutput(true);
 	                connection.setRequestProperty  ("Authorization", "Basic " + encodedCredentials);
                 }
-				else if(method.equals(ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl.methodPost))
-					connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
                 
                 InputStream content = (InputStream)connection.getInputStream();
                 BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader (content));
@@ -180,8 +174,12 @@ public class Miscellaneous extends Service
         }
 	}
 	
-	public static String downloadURLwithoutCertificateChecking(String url, String username, String password, String method)
+	public static String downloadURLwithoutCertificateChecking(String url, String username, String password)
 	{
+//		HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
+//		StringBuilder responseBody = new StringBuilder();
+		boolean errorFound = false;
+
         try
         {
       	    HttpParams params = new BasicHttpParams();
@@ -190,32 +188,19 @@ public class Miscellaneous extends Service
       	    HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(params);
 			httpclient = Actions.getInsecureSslClient(httpclient);
         	
-			HttpRequestBase httpRequest;
+      	    HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
-			if(
-					method.equals(ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl.methodPost)
-							||
-					(username != null && password != null)
-				)
-				httpRequest = new HttpPost(url);
-			else
-				httpRequest = new HttpGet(url);
-				/*httpRequest = new HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase()
-				{
-					@Override
-					public String getMethod()
-					{
-						return "GET";
-					}
-				};*/
       	    
             // Add http simple authentication if specified
             if(username != null && password != null)
             {
             	String encodedCredentials = Base64.encodeToString(new String(username + ":" + password).getBytes(), Base64.DEFAULT);
-				httpRequest.addHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + encodedCredentials);
+//	      	    List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(1);
+	      	    httppost.addHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + encodedCredentials);
+//	      	    nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("Authorization", "Basic " + encodedCredentials));
+//	      	    httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs, "UTF-8"));
             }
             
-      	    HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpRequest);
+      	    HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
       	    HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
       	    if (entity != null)
       	    {
@@ -226,6 +211,7 @@ public class Miscellaneous extends Service
         catch(Exception e)
         {
             Miscellaneous.logEvent("e", "HTTP error", Log.getStackTraceString(e), 3);
+            errorFound = true;
             return "httpError";
         }
 //        finally

app/src/main/java/com/jens/automation2/News.java

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class News
         if (!(new File(filePath)).exists() || Settings.lastNewsPolltime == Settings.default_lastNewsPolltime || now.getTimeInMillis() >= Settings.lastNewsPolltime + (long)(Settings.newsDisplayForXDays * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000))
         {
             String newsUrl = "https://server47.de/automation/appNews.php";
-            newsContent = Miscellaneous.downloadURL(newsUrl, null, null, ActivityManageActionTriggerUrl.methodGet);
+            newsContent = Miscellaneous.downloadURL(newsUrl, null, null);
 
             // Cache content to local storage
             if(Miscellaneous.writeStringToFile(filePath, newsContent))

app/src/main/res/layout/activity_manage_action_trigger_url.xml

@@ -90,34 +90,6 @@
 
 		</LinearLayout>
 
-		<TextView
-			android:layout_width="match_parent"
-			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-			android:text="@string/method"
-			android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/fab_margin"
-			android:textStyle="bold" />
-
-		<RadioGroup
-			android:layout_width="match_parent"
-			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-			android:orientation="horizontal">
-
-			<RadioButton
-				android:id="@+id/rbTriggerUrlMethodGet"
-				android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-				android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-				android:checked="true"
-				android:text="@string/methodGet" />
-
-			<RadioButton
-				android:id="@+id/rbTriggerUrlMethodPost"
-				android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-				android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-				android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/default_margin"
-				android:text="@string/methodPost" />
-
-		</RadioGroup>
-
 		<ListView
 			android:id="@+id/lvTriggerUrlPostParameters"
 			android:layout_width="match_parent"

app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -889,7 +889,4 @@
     <string name="wifiTriggerDisconnectionHint">This trigger will be valid if you just disconnected from the wifi specified above  OR  while the service is still starting and if you\'re not connected to any wifi.  If you want the trigger to fire only when you\'re explicitly disconnecting from a certain wifi, add another trigger \"service is not starting\".</string>
     <string name="className">Class full name</string>
     <string name="startAppByStartForegroundService">by startForegroundService()</string>
-    <string name="method">Method</string>
-    <string name="methodGet" translatable="false">GET</string>
-    <string name="methodPost" translatable="false">POST</string>
 </resources>

fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/138.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 * Fixed: Overlay permission for start other program action only required if startByActivity() is selected
 * Fixed: Broadcast receiver trigger would not trigger anything, but crash
-* Added: One can now choose between GET and POST when using triggerURL action