title: Unknown Host Exception
body: <p>Very recently, I started getting the following error back from my widget. I didn't make any changes and I'm wondering what the problem could be and how to get around the problem. My widget gets updated based on information from a Service that I created to access information from a third-party client. I was able to get the data back fine until a few days ago. Now I receive the error below.</p>
  
  <p>I've just tried to run the code in an activity (i.e., a non-widget) and it works fine. I'm not sure why it works in an activity but not a widget. I'm also running the access to the 3rd party website in a separate Intent.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried restarting the emulator, eclipse and rebooting the device. My manifest file has the proper permissions to access the Internet. The problem initially seemed to be a network issue but I confirmed that I could access the URL from the web browser on the emulator and the device. The code was just working a couple of days ago. I have updated the post with my manifest file. The code fails right before the call to parseMyInfo. An exception is thrown during the OAuth consumer/provider calls.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Error</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>oauth.signpost.AbstractOAuthProvider.retrieveToken(AbstractOAuthProvider.java:214)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at oauth.signpost.AbstractOAuthProvider.retrieveRequestToken(AbstractOAuthProvider.java:69)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at com.test.community.SG_Service$TED.populate(SG_Service.java:276)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at com.test.community.SG_Service$SGHandler.getTEDData(SG_Service.java:813)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at com.test.community.SG_Service$SGService_BG.onHandleIntent(SG_Service.java:844)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at android.app.IntentService$ServiceHandler.handleMessage(IntentService.java:59)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:60)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541): Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: communitymonitorstudy.stepgreen.org
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at java.net.InetAddress.lookupHostByName(InetAddress.java:513)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByNameImpl(InetAddress.java:278)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:242)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:136)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:164)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:119)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:348)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:555)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:487)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:465)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at oauth.signpost.commonshttp.CommonsHttpOAuthProvider.sendRequest(CommonsHttpOAuthProvider.java:64)
  08-24 22:36:02.063: ERROR/ARCHOS(541):     at oauth.signpost.AbstractOAuthProvider.retrieveToken(AbstractOAuthProvider.java:177)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Failing Code</strong>
  The code that's failing is below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
  
  consumer = new CommonsHttpOAuthConsumer(Constants.CONSUMER_KEY, 
  Constants.CONSUMER_SECRET);
  provider = new CommonsHttpOAuthProvider(Constants.REQUEST_TOKEN_URL,   
  Constants.ACCESS_TOKEN_URL, Constants.AUTHORIZE_URL, client);
  
  provider.retrieveRequestToken(consumer, OAuth.OUT_OF_BAND); 
  
  provider.retrieveAccessToken(consumer, null);
  
  MyInfo info = parseMyInfo(userName, consumer, client);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Manifest file</strong>
      
      </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:debuggable="true"  
  android:label="@string/app_name" android:name="AppStatus"&gt;
  
  &lt;activity android:name=".CommunityMonitorActivity"android:label="@string/app_name"&gt;
  &lt;intent-filter&gt;
  &lt;action android:name="com.cmu.community.CommunityWidget.ACTION_WIDGET_CONFIGURE"/&gt;
  &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
  &lt;/activity&gt;
  
   &lt;activity android:name=".MyInfoActivity"
     android:theme="@style/Theme.D1"
     android:label="@string/my_info"
   /&gt;
  
   &lt;activity android:name=".HomeActivity"
    android:theme="@style/Theme.D1"
    android:label="@string/home"
   /&gt;
  
   &lt;activity android:name=".AboutActivity"
   android:theme="@style/Theme.D1"
   android:label="@string/about"
   /&gt;
  
  
  &lt;receiver android:name=".CommunityWidget" android:label="@string/app_name"&gt;
      &lt;intent-filter&gt;
      &lt;action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" /&gt;
  
      &lt;action android:name="com.cmu.community.CommunityWidget.ACTION_WIDGET_RECEIVER"/&gt;
      &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
     &lt;meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider" 
            android:resource="@xml/communitywidgetprovider" /&gt;
  &lt;/receiver&gt;
  
  &lt;receiver android:name="com.cmu.community.Stepgreen_Service$StepgreenReceiver"&gt;
      &lt;intent-filter&gt;
          &lt;action android:name="com.cmu.community.ACTION_STEPGREENMANAGER"&gt;&lt;/action&gt;
      &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
  &lt;/receiver&gt;
  
    &lt;receiver android:name="com.cmu.community.AppStatus_Service$AppStatusReceiver"&gt;
      &lt;intent-filter&gt;
          &lt;action android:name="com.cmu.community.ACTION_APPSTATUSMANAGER"&gt;&lt;/action&gt;
      &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
  &lt;/receiver&gt;
  
  
  &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"&gt;&lt;/uses-
  permission&gt;
  &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"&gt;&lt;/uses-permission&gt;
  &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"&gt;&lt;/uses-permission&gt;
  
  &lt;service android:name="Stepgreen_Service$StepgreenService_BG"&gt;&lt;/service&gt;
  &lt;/application&gt;
  &lt;/manifest&gt;
  </code></pre>