A Stackoverflow answer

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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;
 
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.net.ParseException;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;
 
public class send1 extends ListActivity
{
    int      ct_id;
    String[] ct_name = null;
 
    @Override
    public void onCreate(final Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        // setContentView(R.layout.main);
        String result = null;
        InputStream is = null;
        StringBuilder sb = null;
 
        // http post
        try
        {
            final HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
            final HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("http://10.0.2.2:8086/city.php");
            // httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
            final HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
            final HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
            is = entity.getContent();
        }
        catch (final Exception e)
        {
            Log.e("log_tag", "Error in http connection" + e.toString());
        }
 
        // convert response to string
        try
        {
            final BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is, "iso-8859-1"), 8);
            sb = new StringBuilder();
            sb.append(reader.readLine() + "\n");
            String line = "0";
            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
            {
                sb.append(line + "\n");
            }
            is.close();
            result = sb.toString();
        }
        catch (final Exception e)
        {
            Log.e("log_tag", "Error converting result " + e.toString());
        }
 
        // paring data
        JSONArray jArray;
        try
        {
            jArray = new JSONArray(result);
            JSONObject json_data = null;
            this.ct_name = new String[jArray.length()];
            for (int i = 0; i < jArray.length(); i++)
            {
                json_data = jArray.getJSONObject(i);
                this.ct_id = json_data.getInt("CITY_ID");
                this.ct_name[i] = json_data.getString("CITY_NAME");
            }
        }
        catch (final JSONException e1)
        {
            Toast.makeText(this.getBaseContext(), "No City Found", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
        catch (final ParseException e1)
        {
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }
        this.setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, this.ct_name));
        ListView lv;
        lv = this.getListView();
        lv.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
        lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
        {
            @Override
            public void onItemClick(final AdapterView<?> adapter, final View view, final int position, final long id)
            {
                // When clicked, show a toast with the TextView text
                Toast.makeText(send1.this.getApplicationContext(), send1.this.ct_name[position] + " wasClicked",
                                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        });
    }
}