gistfile1.java

public void download(String url) {	
	
	BufferedReader reader = null;
		
	try {
				
		HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
		HttpGet get = new HttpGet(url);
				
		HttpResponse response = client.execute(get);
				
		StatusLine status = response.getStatusLine();
				
		if(status.getStatusCode() != 200) {
			throw new IOException("Cannot download list of URL");
		}
			
		HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
				
		reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(entity.getContent()));
				
		String line;
				
		while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
			// DO SOMETHING
		}
		
				
	} catch(Exception e) {
		Log.e("URL Download", "An error has occurred...", e);
	} finally {
		if(reader != null) {
			try { reader.close(); } catch (Exception e) {}
		}
	}
}