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upload Image or video to server using AsyncTask


Hey guys i'm new to android app development, i'm trying to upload file to server using AsyncTask, but when i click a upload button app get crashed, please help with this.(Sorry if there is any language mistake).

UploadFileToServer class

/**
 * Uploading the file to server
 * */
private class UploadFileToServer extends AsyncTask<Void, Integer, String> {
    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        super.onPreExecute();
    }

    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(Void... params) {
        return uploadFile();
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    private String uploadFile() {
        String responseString;

        HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(Config.FILE_UPLOAD_URL);

       try {
            AndroidMultiPartEntity entity = new AndroidMultiPartEntity(


                    new AndroidMultiPartEntity.ProgressListener() {

                        @Override
                        public void transferred(long num) {
                            publishProgress((int) ((num / (float) totalSize) * 100));
                        }
                    });
            File sourceFile = new File(filePath);

            // Adding file data to http body
            entity.addPart("image",new FileBody(sourceFile));//new FileBody(sourceFile)

            // Extra parameters pass to server

            totalSize = entity.getContentLength();
            httppost.setEntity(entity);

            // Making server call
            HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
            HttpEntity r_entity = response.getEntity();

            int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
            if (statusCode == 200) {
                // Server response
                responseString = EntityUtils.toString(r_entity);
            } else {
                responseString = "Error occurred! Http Status Code: "
                        + statusCode;
            }

        } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
            responseString = e.toString();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            responseString = e.toString();
        }

        return responseString;

    }

logcat error:

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #1
#1. E/AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground()
#2.Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.apache.http.entity.ContentType
E/AndroidRuntime:     at org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.FileBody.<init>(FileBody.java:89)

Complete error window as follows:

10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #1
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground()
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:299)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:352)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:219)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:239)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:230)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1080)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:573)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:  Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.apache.http.entity.ContentType
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.FileBody.<init>(FileBody.java:89)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at com.appnings.cameratrial.UploadActivity$UploadFileToServer.uploadFile(UploadActivity.java:166)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at com.appnings.cameratrial.UploadActivity$UploadFileToServer.doInBackground(UploadActivity.java:139)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at com.appnings.cameratrial.UploadActivity$UploadFileToServer.doInBackground(UploadActivity.java:114)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:287)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:234)
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:230) 
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1080) 
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:573) 
10-18 20:51:23.109 14829-15007/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856) 
10-18 20:51:23.440 569-649/? E/android.os.Debug: !@Dumpstate > dumpstate -k -t -z -d -o /data/log/dumpstate_app_error

Solution

  • Tried importing different Apache lib files, some classes missing in some lib files finally after couple of imports it worked. thank you all. happy coding.