Getting an UnknownHostException when trying to fetch data from flickr?

Question

I am trying to fetch the xml file from flickr. Here is my code:

public static final String TAG = "FlickrFetchr";
public static final String ENDPOINT = "http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/";
public static final String API_KEY = "d4db9623ea909f4d2a01c8c9667fd378";  //secret=0c764276c114d52f
public static final String METHOD_GET_RECENT = "flickr.photos.getRecent";
public static final String PARAM_EXTRAS = "extras";
public static final String EXTRA_SMALL_URL = "url_s";
private static final String XML_PHOTO = "photo";

String url = Uri.parse(ENDPOINT).buildUpon().appendQueryParameter("method", METHOD_GET_RECENT)
    .appendQueryParameter("api_key", API_KEY)
    .appendQueryParameter(PARAM_EXTRAS, EXTRA_SMALL_URL)
    .build().toString();

String xmlString = getUrl(url);

When i debug, i see that the url is (Docs)and it works, the xml file is there. But i am getting an exception that says "Unable to resolve host "api.flickr.com": No address associated with hostname". Can anyone see the problem?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Seeing as it was the case and you requested it, here's it as an answer.

If you are running an emulator, please restart it. This happens a lot. That exception is also thrown when the device has no internet connection.