do Http Get Request and return the status code
import java.net.HttpURLConnection; import java.net.URL; import android.util.Log; class Main { public static int doHttpGetRequest(String url) { try { HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) (new URL(url)) .openConnection(); conn.setUseCaches(false); conn.connect(); int status = conn.getResponseCode(); conn.disconnect(); return status; } catch (Exception e) { Log.e("doHttpGetRequest", e.toString()); } return 0; } }