Https request, authentication in Android

Question

Hello, I am currently trying to authenticate with a server via a http Get call. The code provided below works when compiled in a java project. Returning the correct token to the program. However whenever I try to implement the same code in Android I do not get a token returned via the Get call.

In Android I am returning inputLine in a function, however inputLine is always an empty string.

The system.out.println() prints the returned token.

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;

public class JavaHttpsExample 
{

public static void main(String[] args)
{   String inputLine = new String();
    try
    {
    String httpsURL = "https://the url";
    URL myurl = new URL(httpsURL);
    HttpsURLConnection con = (HttpsURLConnection)myurl.openConnection();
    InputStream ins = con.getInputStream();
    InputStreamReader isr=new InputStreamReader(ins);
    BufferedReader in =new BufferedReader(isr);

    inputLine = in.readLine();

    System.out.println(inputLine);

    in.close();


    }
    catch(IOException e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
 }
}

thanks for your help!!!