How to build REST API? How to connect android application with php and mysql database? What is JSON? How to make POST Server request in android? How to build login signup in android using php and mysql ? These are the main questions came in mind once we think about connecting android application with server. In this tutorial we will try to answer these questions and will make a complete user registration system.

If you are new to android development than you must first learn how to parse using this tutorial. JSON Parsing in Android.

Lets get started with creating database and REST API script.

1. Create Database

Start your server and create new database with name android_app.

After creating database now we need to create users table. Copy below code and run in sql section of your server.

2. Create Users Table

--
-- Table structure for table `users`
--

CREATE TABLE `users` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `email` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `password` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `created_at` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

--
-- Indexes for dumped tables
--

--
-- Indexes for table `users`
--
ALTER TABLE `users`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`id`);

--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for dumped tables
--

--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `users`
--
ALTER TABLE `users`
  MODIFY `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;

After creating users table this is how it will looks like in Structure view.

table architecture

3. PHP REST Api

Now we need to write a simple php api which will be used to exchange data between app and web server. Follow below simple steps to create api.

Create a new folder named androidApp inside htdocs/www .
Create a new php file under androidAppFolder and name it as api.php

To avoid any complexity of files we will use only one api.php file for whole REST API functionality. You can copy below code and paste in your api.php file. It has comments at each step so in result of that you can understand easily.

Api.php

<?php 
// step 1: connect to database
// mysqli_connect function has 4 params (host,user name, password,database_name)
$db_con = mysqli_connect("localhost","root","root","android_app");

$response = array();
header('Content-Type: application/json');

if(mysqli_connect_errno())
{
    $response["error"] = TRUE;
    $response["message"] ="Faild to connect to database";
    echo json_encode($response);
    exit;
}


if(isset($_POST["type"]) &amp;&amp; ($_POST["type"]=="signup") &amp;&amp; isset($_POST["name"]) &amp;&amp; isset($_POST["email"]) &amp;&amp; isset($_POST["password"])){
    // signup user
    $name = $_POST["name"];
    $email = $_POST["email"];
    $password = md5($_POST["password"]);

    //check user email whether its already regsitered
    $checkEmailQuery = "select * from users where email = '$email'";
    $result = mysqli_query($db_con,$checkEmailQuery);
    // print_r($result); exit;
    if($result->num_rows>0){
        $response["error"] = TRUE;
        $response["message"] ="Sorry email already found.";
        echo json_encode($response);
        exit;
    }else{
        $signupQuery = "INSERT INTO users(name,email,password) values('$name','$email','$password')";
        $signupResult = mysqli_query($db_con,$signupQuery);
        if($signupResult){
            // Get Last Inserted ID
            $id = mysqli_insert_id($db_con);
            // Get User By ID
            $userQuery = "SELECT id,name,email FROM users WHERE id = ".$id;
            $userResult = mysqli_query($db_con,$userQuery);
            
            $user = mysqli_fetch_assoc($userResult);
            
            $response["error"] = FALSE;
            $response["message"] = "Successfully signed up.";
            $response["user"] = $user;
            echo json_encode($response);
            exit;
        }else{
            $response["error"] = TRUE;
            $response["message"] ="Unable to signup try again later.";
            echo json_encode($response);
            exit;
        }
        
    }

}else if(isset($_POST["type"]) &amp;&amp; ($_POST["type"]=="login") &amp;&amp; isset($_POST["email"]) &amp;&amp; isset($_POST["password"])){
    //login user

    $email = $_POST["email"];
    $password = md5($_POST["password"]);

    $userQuery = "select id,name,email from users where email = '$email' &amp;&amp; password = '$password'";
    $result = mysqli_query($db_con,$userQuery);
    // print_r($result); exit;
    if($result->num_rows==0){
        $response["error"] = TRUE;
        $response["message"] ="user not found or Invalid login details.";
        echo json_encode($response);
        exit;
    }else{
        $user = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);
        $response["error"] = FALSE;
        $response["message"] = "Successfully logged in.";
        $response["user"] = $user;
        echo json_encode($response);
        exit;
    }

}else {
    // Invalid parameters
    $response["error"] = TRUE;
    $response["message"] ="Invalid parameters";
    echo json_encode($response);
    exit;
}
?>

You can try running this code using postman.

Most important parameter is type which actually helps to differenciate between login and signup apis.

This is all we need to done on server side now we need start working on Android App using Android Studio.

4. Create New Android Studio Project

Add the following code to colors.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="colorPrimary">#d11617</color>
    <color name="colorPrimaryDark">#B31718</color>
    <color name="colorAccent">#FF4081</color>
    <color name="white">#FFFFFF</color>
</resources>

After creating and new Android Studio Project now we need to create 4 more activities.

SplashActivity
LoginActivity
SignupActivity
HomeActivity

5. AndroidManifest.xml INTERNET Permissions

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

6. Third party libraries Loopj & Picasso.

We will use loopj to access data from url and Picasso to load images from url in build.gradle (Module: app)

implementation 'com.loopj.android:android-async-http:1.4.9'
implementation 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'

Module:App complete code

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 27
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.tutorialscache.loginsignup"
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 27
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1'
    implementation 'com.android.support:support-annotations:27.1.1'
    implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.3'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2'
    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.2'
    implementation 'com.loopj.android:android-async-http:1.4.9'
    implementation 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'
}

7. GlobalClass.java

Create a new class GlobalClass and extend with Application. This class instance will help us to access BASE URL and also gives us application instance.

import android.app.Application;

public class GlobalClass extends Application {
    public static final String BASE_URL = "http://192.168.18.8:8888/androidApp/api.php";
//    public static final String BASE_URL = "http:/localhost:8888/androidApp/api.php";

    private static GlobalClass singleton;

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        singleton = this;
    }

    public static GlobalClass getInstance() {
        return singleton;
    }
}

To launch GlobalClass at start of the application add application name in name attribute in <application> of AndroidManifest.xml

<application 
android:name=".GlobalClass"

8. WebReq.java

Create a new Class name WebReq and following code. WebReq class used to send request on server. It has GET/POST Method to return JSON data from given url.

package com.tutorialscache.loginsignup;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.Log;

import com.loopj.android.http.AsyncHttpClient;
import com.loopj.android.http.RequestParams;
import com.loopj.android.http.ResponseHandlerInterface;

public class WebReq {

    public static AsyncHttpClient client;

    static{
        //create object of loopj client
        //443 will save you from ssl exception
        client = new AsyncHttpClient(true,80,443);
    }

    public static void get(Context context, String url, RequestParams params, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        client.get(context, getAbsoluteUrl(url), params, responseHandler);
    }


    //concatenation of base url and file name
    private static String getAbsoluteUrl(String relativeUrl) {
        Log.d("response URL: ",GlobalClass.getInstance().BASE_URL + relativeUrl+" ");
        return GlobalClass.getInstance().BASE_URL + relativeUrl;
    }

    public static void post(Context context, String url, RequestParams params, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
        client.post(context, getAbsoluteUrl(url), params, responseHandler);
    }
}

9. AndroidManifest.xml Intent Filter

Intent-Filter (intent-filter) is used make specific activity as launcher activity.By adding intent-filter inside SplashActvity this will become our launcher activity and will run at start of the application.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.tutorialscache.loginsignup">
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity"></activity>
        <activity
            android:name=".SplashActivity"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name=".LoginActivity"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
        <activity
            android:name=".SignupActivity"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
        <activity android:name=".HomeActivity"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"></activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

10. MainActivity.java

MainActivity class will be used as parent activity to all other activities in the app so as a result we will access to MainActivity methods.

package com.tutorialscache.loginsignup;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.support.v4.app.NavUtils;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.MenuItem;

import com.loopj.android.http.AsyncHttpClient;

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    Context context;
    Intent intent;
    SharedPreferences sharedPreferences;
    String SHARED_PREF_NAME ="user_pref";
    SharedPreferences.Editor sharedPrefEditor;
    protected String name,email,password;

    protected boolean isLoggedIn(){
        return sharedPreferences.getBoolean("login",false);
    }

    protected void logout(){
        sharedPrefEditor.putBoolean("login",false);
        sharedPrefEditor.apply();
        sharedPrefEditor.commit();
    }


    public static boolean isEmailValid(String email) {
        String expression = "^[\\w\\.-]+@([\\w\\-]+\\.)+[A-Z]{2,4}$";
        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(expression, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(email);
        return matcher.matches();
    }

    public void init() {
        sharedPreferences = getSharedPreferences(SHARED_PREF_NAME,MODE_PRIVATE);
        sharedPrefEditor = sharedPreferences.edit();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            case android.R.id.home:
                finish();
            default:
                return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    }
}

11. activity_home.xml

Add following code in its activity_home.xml file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    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:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.tutorialscache.loginsignup.HomeActivity">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/nameTv"
        android:text="Name"
        android:textSize="22dp"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/emailTv"
        android:layout_below="@id/nameTv"
        android:text="e@e.com"
        android:textSize="22dp"
        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/logoutBtn"
        android:text="Logout"
        android:textAllCaps="false"
        android:background="#fa0e3d"
        android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
        android:layout_marginTop="40dp"
        android:layout_below="@id/emailTv"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RelativeLayout>

12. HomeActivity.java

package com.tutorialscache.loginsignup;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class HomeActivity extends MainActivity {
    TextView nameTv;
    TextView emailTv;
    Button logoutbtn;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Home");
        context = this;
        init();
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_home);

        //link views
        getViews();
    }

    private void getViews() {
        nameTv = findViewById(R.id.nameTv);
        nameTv.setText(sharedPreferences.getString("name",""));
        emailTv = findViewById(R.id.emailTv);
        emailTv.setText(sharedPreferences.getString("email",""));
        logoutbtn = findViewById(R.id.logoutBtn);

        //make logout
        logoutbtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                // Redirect back to login page
                logout();
                intent = new Intent(context,LoginActivity.class);
                //remove all previous stack activities
                intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
                startActivity(intent);
                finish();
            }
        });
    }

}

13. activity_splash.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    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:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.tutorialscache.loginsignup.SplashActivity">
    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/mPb"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <TextView
        android:text="@string/app_name"
        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_below="@+id/mPb"
        android:textSize="22dp"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RelativeLayout>

14. SplashActivity.java

package com.tutorialscache.loginsignup;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;

import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;

public class SplashActivity extends MainActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        init();
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash);

        // 5 seconds pause on splash page
        Timer timer = new Timer();
        timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                if(isLoggedIn()){
                    //Redirect to home page
                    intent = new Intent(context,HomeActivity.class);
                    startActivity(intent);
                    finish();
                }else{
                    //Redirect to Login Page
                    intent = new Intent(context,LoginActivity.class);
                    startActivity(intent);
                    finish();
                }
            }
        },5000);


    }

    private void init() {
        context = this;
        sharedPreferences = context.getSharedPreferences(SHARED_PREF_NAME,MODE_PRIVATE);
    }
}

15. activity_login.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    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:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.tutorialscache.loginsignup.LoginActivity">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/titleTv"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="120dp"
        android:text="Login"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/emailEt"
        android:layout_below="@id/titleTv"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:ems="11"
        android:hint="Email"
        android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/passwordEt"
        android:layout_below="@id/emailEt"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:ems="11"
        android:hint="Password"
        android:inputType="number"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/loginBtn"
        android:text="Login"
        android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:background="#fa0e3d"
        android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
        android:layout_below="@id/passwordEt"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/signupNowTv"
        android:gravity="right"
        android:textColor="#fa0e5d"
        android:padding="5dp"
        android:layout_below="@id/loginBtn"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:text="Don't have an acccount ? Signup Now ?"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RelativeLayout>

14. LoginActivity.java

package com.tutorialscache.loginsignup;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.loopj.android.http.AsyncHttpClient;
import com.loopj.android.http.AsyncHttpResponseHandler;
import com.loopj.android.http.JsonHttpResponseHandler;
import com.loopj.android.http.RequestParams;
import com.loopj.android.http.ResponseHandlerInterface;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import cz.msebera.android.httpclient.Header;

public class LoginActivity extends MainActivity {
    EditText emailEt,passwordEt;
    Button loginBtn;
    TextView signupNowTv;
    String email,password;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        context=this;
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_login);
        init();
        getViews();
    }

    private void getViews() {
        emailEt = findViewById(R.id.emailEt);
        signupNowTv = findViewById(R.id.signupNowTv);
        passwordEt = findViewById(R.id.passwordEt);
        loginBtn = findViewById(R.id.loginBtn);
        loginBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                loginValidation();
            }
        });
        signupNowTv.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                intent = new Intent(context,SignupActivity.class);
                startActivity(intent);
            }
        });
    }

    private void loginValidation() {
        email = emailEt.getText().toString();
        password = passwordEt.getText().toString();

        if (email.length()==0){
            Toast.makeText(context,"Invalid Email Address",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return;
        }
        if (isEmailValid(email)==false){
            Toast.makeText(context,"Invalid Email Address",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return;
        }

        if (password.length()<5){
            Toast.makeText(context,"Minimum password length should be 5 characters.",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return;
        }

        //all inputs are validated now perform login request
        RequestParams params = new RequestParams();
        params.add("type","login");
        params.add("email",email);
        params.add("password",password);

        WebReq.get(context, "api.php", params, new LoginActivity.ResponseHandler());
    }

    private void init() {
        context =this;
        sharedPreferences = getSharedPreferences(SHARED_PREF_NAME,MODE_PRIVATE);
        sharedPrefEditor = sharedPreferences.edit();
    }

    private class ResponseHandler extends JsonHttpResponseHandler {
        @Override
        public void onStart() {
            super.onStart();
        }

        @Override
        public void onSuccess(int statusCode, Header[] headers, JSONObject response) {
            super.onSuccess(statusCode, headers, response);
            Log.d("response ",response.toString()+" ");
            try {
                if (response.getBoolean("error")){
                    // failed to login
                    Toast.makeText(context,response.getString("message"),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }else{
                    // successfully logged in
                    JSONObject user = response.getJSONObject("user");
                    //save login values
                    sharedPrefEditor.putBoolean("login",true);
                    sharedPrefEditor.putString("id",user.getString("id"));
                    sharedPrefEditor.putString("name",user.getString("name"));
                    sharedPrefEditor.putString("email",user.getString("email"));
                    sharedPrefEditor.apply();
                    sharedPrefEditor.commit();
                    
                    //Move to home activity
                    intent = new Intent(context,HomeActivity.class);
                    startActivity(intent);
                    finish();
                }
            } catch (JSONException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onFailure(int statusCode, Header[] headers, String responseString, Throwable throwable) {
            super.onFailure(statusCode, headers, responseString, throwable);
        }

        @Override
        public void onFinish() {
            super.onFinish();
        }
    }
}

15. activity_signup.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    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:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
    tools:context="com.tutorialscache.loginsignup.LoginActivity">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/titleTv"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="120dp"
        android:text="Signup"
        android:textSize="20dp"
        android:textColor="@color/white"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/nameEt"
        android:layout_below="@id/titleTv"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:ems="11"
        android:background="@color/white"
        android:padding="8dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        android:hint="Name"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/emailEt"
        android:layout_below="@id/nameEt"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:ems="11"
        android:background="@color/white"
        android:padding="8dp"
        android:hint="Email"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/passwordEt"
        android:layout_below="@id/emailEt"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:ems="11"
        android:background="@color/white"
        android:padding="8dp"
        android:hint="Password"
        android:inputType="numberPassword"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/SignupBtn"
        android:text="Signup"
        android:textAllCaps="false"
        android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:background="@color/white"
        android:textColor="@color/colorPrimary"
        android:layout_below="@id/passwordEt"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/LoginNowTv"
        android:gravity="right"
        android:textColor="@color/white"
        android:padding="5dp"
        android:layout_below="@id/SignupBtn"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:text="Already have an acccount ? Login ?"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RelativeLayout>

16. SignupActivity.java

package com.tutorialscache.loginsignup;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.loopj.android.http.JsonHttpResponseHandler;
import com.loopj.android.http.RequestParams;

import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import cz.msebera.android.httpclient.Header;

public class SignupActivity extends MainActivity {
    EditText nameEt,emailEt,passwordEt;
    Button signupBtn;
    TextView LoginNowTv;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Registration");
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
        context = this;
        init();
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_signup);
        getViews();
    }

    public void getViews() {
        nameEt = findViewById(R.id.nameEt);
        emailEt = findViewById(R.id.emailEt);
        passwordEt = findViewById(R.id.passwordEt);
        signupBtn = findViewById(R.id.SignupBtn);
        LoginNowTv = findViewById(R.id.LoginNowTv);
        signupBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                signupValidation();
            }
        });
        LoginNowTv.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                finish();
            }
        });
    }

    private void signupValidation() {
        name = nameEt.getText().toString();
        email = emailEt.getText().toString();
        password = passwordEt.getText().toString();

        if (name.length()<3){
            Toast.makeText(context,"Name at least 3 characters.",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return;
        }
        if (email.length()==0){
            Toast.makeText(context,"Invalid Email Address",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return;
        }
        if (isEmailValid(email)==false){
            Toast.makeText(context,"Invalid Email Address",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return;
        }

        if (password.length()<5){
            Toast.makeText(context,"Minimum password length should be 5 characters.",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return;
        }

        //all inputs are validated now perform login request
        RequestParams params = new RequestParams();
        params.add("type","signup");
        params.add("name",name);
        params.add("email",email);
        params.add("password",password);

        WebReq.post(context, "api.php", params, new SignupActivity.ResponseHandler());
    }

    private class ResponseHandler extends JsonHttpResponseHandler {
        @Override
        public void onStart() {
            super.onStart();
        }

        @Override
        public void onSuccess(int statusCode, Header[] headers, JSONObject response) {
            super.onSuccess(statusCode, headers, response);
            Log.d("response ",response.toString()+" ");
            try {
                if (response.getBoolean("error")){
                    // failed to login
                    Toast.makeText(context,response.getString("message"),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }else{
                    // successfully logged in
                    JSONObject user = response.getJSONObject("user");
                    //save login values
                    sharedPrefEditor.putBoolean("login",true);
                    sharedPrefEditor.putString("id",user.getString("id"));
                    sharedPrefEditor.putString("name",user.getString("name"));
                    sharedPrefEditor.putString("email",user.getString("email"));
                    sharedPrefEditor.apply();
                    sharedPrefEditor.commit();

                    //Move to home activity
                    intent = new Intent(context,HomeActivity.class);
                    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
                    startActivity(intent);
                    finish();
                }
            } catch (JSONException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onFailure(int statusCode, Header[] headers, String responseString, Throwable throwable) {
            super.onFailure(statusCode, headers, responseString, throwable);
        }

        @Override
        public void onFinish() {
            super.onFinish();
        }
    }
}

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4 Comments

ahmet 7 months ago

hello,
my api.php goes directly to “Invalid parameters”

i could not find any solution pls help
- Tausif Ul Rahman Post Author 7 months ago
  
  can you send me screenshot of your code ?
Ingus 6 months ago

Hello, i want to make app that would connect to my exiting website database.

I wonder is this method secure?

Also do we really need 6. Third party libraries Loopj & Picasso. ?
- Tausif Ul Rahman Post Author 6 months ago
  
  You can use this method but its not really secure you can add access token to headers. Secondly yes we need to use third party libraries to make server requests and load images.

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