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I am attempting to use a yahoo finance api that returns a stock quote as a cvs file in Android. I've reduced the code down to:

HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpContext localContext = new BasicHttpContext();
HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=msft&f=sl1p2");

I'm getting the following error "java.net.UnknownHostException: download.finance.yahoo.com"

The link works so I'm not sure why I'm getting the exception. Any help is appreciated.

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If you're running this in the emulator, try restarting it. I get this problem very often. Also, if you're using a Mac, you might need to configure the interfaces. – dmon Jun 5 '11 at 5:27
Thanks, however, I'm using a phone and not an emulator. – PonziCoder Jun 5 '11 at 5:29
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For what it's worth after hours of looking at it, I had my permissions in the wrong place in the manifest.xml. – PonziCoder Jun 5 '11 at 21:08
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I had the same problem, by entering the following in AndroidManifest.xml solved it:

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

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