Volley string request in kotlin with example

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Volley string request : This example demonstrates how to use Volley Library to parse JSON in Kotlin. android kotlin – Volley post request with parameters. MainActivity.kt. package com.cfsuman.jetpack import androidx.appcompat.app.

MainActivity.kt

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package com.jigopost.volley
 
import android.os.Bundle
import android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod
import android.view.View
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import com.android.volley.Request
import com.android.volley.toolbox.StringRequest
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*
 
 
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
 
        // make text view content scrollable
        textView.movementMethod = ScrollingMovementMethod()
 
        // url to fetch string
        val url = "https://android--code.blogspot.com/"
 
 
        // fetch string from url using volley network library
        button.setOnClickListener {
            progressBar.visibility = View.VISIBLE
 
            // request a string response from the provided url
            val stringRequest = StringRequest(
                Request.Method.GET, url,
                { response ->
                    progressBar.visibility = View.INVISIBLE
 
                    // display the response string on text view
                    textView.text = response
                },{error->
                    progressBar.visibility = View.INVISIBLE
                    textView.text = error.message
                }
            )
 
            VolleySingleton.getInstance(applicationContext)
                .addToRequestQueue(stringRequest)
        }
    }
}

VolleySingleton.kt

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package com.jigopost.volley
 
import android.content.Context
import android.graphics.Bitmap
import android.util.LruCache
import com.android.volley.Request
import com.android.volley.RequestQueue
import com.android.volley.toolbox.ImageLoader
import com.android.volley.toolbox.Volley
 
 
class VolleySingleton constructor(context: Context) {
    companion object {
        @Volatile
        private var INSTANCE: VolleySingleton? = null
        fun getInstance(context: Context) =
            INSTANCE ?: synchronized(this) {
                INSTANCE ?: VolleySingleton(context).also {
                    INSTANCE = it
                }
            }
    }
    val imageLoader: ImageLoader by lazy {
        ImageLoader(requestQueue,
            object : ImageLoader.ImageCache {
                private val cache = LruCache<String, Bitmap>(20)
                override fun getBitmap(url: String): Bitmap {
                    return cache.get(url)
                }
                override fun putBitmap(url: String, bitmap: Bitmap) {
                    cache.put(url, bitmap)
                }
            })
    }
    private val requestQueue: RequestQueue by lazy {
        // applicationContext is key, it keeps you from leaking the
        // Activity or BroadcastReceiver if someone passes one in.
        Volley.newRequestQueue(context.applicationContext)
    }
    fun <T> addToRequestQueue(req: Request<T>) {
        requestQueue.add(req)
    }
}

activity_main.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/constraintLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="#FEFEFA"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">
 
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:text="Fetch URL"
        android:backgroundTint="#3B2F2F"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
 
    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyle"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
        android:visibility="invisible"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/button"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/button"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/button" />
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif-condensed-medium"
        android:padding="8dp"
        android:textColor="#4F42B5"
        android:textSize="22sp"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/button"
        tools:text="TextView" />
 
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

add line to app.gradle [dependencies]

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// volley network library
implementation 'com.android.volley:volley:1.1.1'

Output

Volley string request in kotlin

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