Android Login activity with MySQL database connection

http://codeoncloud.blogspot.com/2012/07/android-login-activity-with-mysql.html
Here I'm going to create a simple Android log in application which can post data to a java web
service and read data from MySQL database using a java web service to authenticate the user.

Quick demo :



The complete project has three main components

1. A MySQL database which holds user name and password.
2. A java web service deployed on Tomcat server.
3.Android application to access the database through the java web service to verify the user.
1. Databse
First we have to create a database and table to store user information. To create the database I used
MySQL command line client.(not php myadmin).
In order to create the database, a table and to populate the database run following queries.
a. Create the database
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1 CREATE DATABSE androidlogin;
b. Select the database
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1 USE androidlogin;
c. Create a table
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CREATE TABLE user(
username VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
password VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL);
d.Populate the database
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INSERT INTO user(username,password)
VALUES('admin','123');

2. Java webservice
Create the java web service in Eclipse. Follow the steps mentioned here. Additionally you have to
import JDBC connector to the web service project.
Here is the content for java web service.
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package com.userlogin.ws;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;

public class Login {
public String authentication(String userName,String password){

String retrievedUserName = "";
String retrievedPassword = "";
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String status = "";
try{

Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
Connection con =
DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/androidlogin","ro
ot","chathura");
PreparedStatement statement = con.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM user
WHERE username = '"+userName+"'");
ResultSet result = statement.executeQuery();

while(result.next()){
retrievedUserName = result.getString("username");
retrievedPassword = result.getString("password");
}

if(retrievedUserName.equals(userName)&&retrievedPassword.equals(passwor
d)){
status = "Success!";
}

else{
status = "Login fail!!!";
}

}
catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
return status;

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}

}

> For more details read my first post.
> "root" and "chathura" in line 15 are user name and the password of the database. You need to
change those according to your settings.
3. Android application.
a. Code for main activity
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package com.androidlogin.ws;

import org.ksoap2.SoapEnvelope;
import org.ksoap2.serialization.PropertyInfo;
import org.ksoap2.serialization.SoapObject;
import org.ksoap2.serialization.SoapPrimitive;
import org.ksoap2.serialization.SoapSerializationEnvelope;
import org.ksoap2.transport.HttpTransportSE;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroidLoginExampleActivity extends Activity {
private final String NAMESPACE = "http://ws.userlogin.com";
private final String URL =
"http://111.223.128.10:8085/AndroidLogin/services/Login?wsdl";
private final String SOAP_ACTION =
"http://ws.userlogin.com/authentication";
private final String METHOD_NAME = "authentication";
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Button login = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_login);
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login.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

public void onClick(View arg0) {
loginAction();

}
});
}

private void loginAction(){
SoapObject request = new SoapObject(NAMESPACE, METHOD_NAME);

EditText userName = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.tf_userName);
String user_Name = userName.getText().toString();
EditText userPassword = (EditText)
findViewById(R.id.tf_password);
String user_Password = userPassword.getText().toString();

//Pass value for userName variable of the web service
PropertyInfo unameProp =new PropertyInfo();
unameProp.setName("userName");//Define the variable name in the
web service method
unameProp.setValue(user_Name);//set value for userName variable
unameProp.setType(String.class);//Define the type of the variable
request.addProperty(unameProp);//Pass properties to the variable

//Pass value for Password variable of the web service
PropertyInfo passwordProp =new PropertyInfo();
passwordProp.setName("password");
passwordProp.setValue(user_Password);
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passwordProp.setType(String.class);
request.addProperty(passwordProp);

SoapSerializationEnvelope envelope = new
SoapSerializationEnvelope(SoapEnvelope.VER11);
envelope.setOutputSoapObject(request);
HttpTransportSE androidHttpTransport = new HttpTransportSE(URL);

try{
androidHttpTransport.call(SOAP_ACTION, envelope);
SoapPrimitive response =
(SoapPrimitive)envelope.getResponse();

TextView result = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_status);
result.setText(response.toString());

}
catch(Exception e){

}
}

}

> You need to import ksoap2 library for the Android project.
> You cannot access the URL in above code because the web service is deployed in Tomcat server
installed in my computer not in a cloud server therefore you have to replace that with an URL for
your own web service.
> For more details check these posts.
1. Post 1
2. Post 2

b. Content of main.xml
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<absolutelayout android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

<edittext android:id="@+id/tf_userName"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="194dp"
android:layout_x="106dp" android:layout_y="80dp">

<requestfocus>
</requestfocus></edittext>

<textview android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_x="23dp" android:layout_y="93dp" android:text="User name">



<edittext android:id="@+id/tf_password"
android:inputtype="textPassword" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="189dp" android:layout_x="108dp"
android:layout_y="161dp">

<textview android:id="@+id/TextView01"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_x="23dp" android:layout_y="176dp" android:text="Password">


<button android:id="@+id/btn_login"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="106dp"
android:layout_x="175dp" android:layout_y="273dp" android:text="Login">

<textview android:id="@+id/tv_status" android:layout_height="38dp"
android:layout_width="151dp" android:layout_x="26dp"
android:layout_y="234dp"
android:textappearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium">


</textview></button></textview></edittext></textview></absolutelayout>

c. You need to add internet permission to the project
Manifest.xml
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<manifest android:versioncode="1" android:versionname="1.0"
package="com.androidlogin.ws"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

<uses-sdk android:minsdkversion="8">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET">

<application android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name">
<activity android:label="@string/app_name"
android:name=".AndroidLoginExampleActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN">

<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER">
</category></action></intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>

</uses-permission></uses-sdk></manifest>
You can download Android project here
(After downloading the project first remove imported ksoap2 library from the project and re import
ksoap2 from your hard disk )