A class to establish basic string based server / client talks

Connection

class Connection{
  private static final String SERVER_ADDRESS = "<Use your ip adress here>";
  private static final int SERVER_PORT = <use your port here>;
  private Socket socket = null;
  private BufferedReader br = null;
  private PrintStream ps = null;

  public Connection(){
    try {
      socket = new Socket(SERVER_ADDRESS, SERVER_PORT);
      br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
      ps = new PrintStream(socket.getOutputStream());
    } catch (IOException e) {
      Log.e("An error occurred: ", e.toString());
    }
  }

  public void transmit(String s){
    ps.println(s);
  }

  public String receive() throws IOException {
    return br.readLine();
  }

  public void stop() throws IOException {
    ps.close();
    br.close();
    socket.close();
  }
}