By using AsyncTask (recommended)
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.os.AsyncTask; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.TextView; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.net.URL; public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { TextView textLoad, textMessage; final String strMessage = “https://sites.google.com/site/androidersite/text.txt”; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); textLoad = findViewById(R.id.textLoad); textMessage = findViewById(R.id.textMessage); textLoad.setText(“Loading…”); new MyTask().execute(); } private class MyTask extends AsyncTaskDisable Strict Mode (Not recommended)
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > 9) { StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build(); StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy); }