Why does attempting to connect to a URL crash my app?

[midnight lagoon]

var url = URI("https://google.com").toURL()
var openConnection = url.openConnection()
openConnection.connect()

It throws an IOException,
but it's not clear why it's not connecting.

[terse socket]

Detected code, here are some useful tools:

<@&987246623988019200> please have a look, thanks.

[midnight lagoon]

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/net/URLConnection.html

IOException sounds like a filesystem problem imo...

maybe there's more information in the exception, i'll try catch it

android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException

[terse socket]

I uploaded your attachments as Gist.

[midnight lagoon]

maybe i lack android permissions

no that didn't fix it

same problem still

[subtle eagle]

The exception is pretty self explanatory. You can't use the main thread for network operations. You can either create new thread or use coroutines.

[midnight lagoon]

You can either create new thread or use coroutines.

So is this similar to kotlin's "runOnUIThread", but I assume I can't run on the "UI thread", that I need to create a new thread or use a preexisting "network one"? Are any of my guesses right?

maybe runBlocking

https://hmkcode.com/android/android-network-connection-httpurlconnection-coroutine/

or maybe this

 val result = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
           
           // HTTP GET request code... 

        }

[terse socket]

Detected code, here are some useful tools:

[midnight lagoon]

ok I figured out doing

GlobalScope.launch {
..
}

seems to work

hmmm...... it might be working now

now i gotta find out how to get the response using the library

ok, this question is solved.

Thanks @subtle eagle