fileNotFoundException when pointing to ebay.com from mobile

Question

If I pass http://www.ebay.com to this. Somewhere along the way ebay changes my url, perhaps a redirect. What's weird is Android java can't open the page.

u = new URL(txturl.getText().toString());

I get the error below as it apparently opening the new mobile site. I'm just wonder at what point my url changes and If I somehow stop this. It does not appear to happen if I point to yahoo, google, amazon or other major sites. I just noticed this in my testing.

Thanks.

09-07 16:08:08.739: INFO/System.out(360): >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unable to connect to **http://www.ebay.com - http://m.ebay.com?ebayref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3Fredirect%3Dmobile**
09-07 16:08:08.739: WARN/System.err(360): **java.io.FileNotFoundException**: http://m.ebay.com?ebayref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3Fredirect%3Dmobile
09-07 16:08:08.749: WARN/System.err(360):     at org.apache.harmony.luni.internal.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:1162)
09-07 16:08:08.759: WARN/System.err(360):     at parser.XXXXXX.com.parserActivity.process(parserActivity.java:106)
09-07 16:08:08.759: WARN/System.err(360):     at parser.XXXXXX.com.parserActivity.access$0(parserActivity.java:68)
09-07 16:08:08.769: WARN/System.err(360):     at parser.XXXXXX.com.parserActivity$1.onClick(parserActivity.java:61)
09-07 16:08:08.779: WARN/System.err(360):     at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2408)
09-07 16:08:08.779: WARN/System.err(360):     at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:8816)
09-07 16:08:08.789: WARN/System.err(360):     at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
09-07 16:08:08.789: WARN/System.err(360):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
09-07 16:08:08.799: WARN/System.err(360):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
09-07 16:08:08.809: WARN/System.err(360):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
09-07 16:08:08.809: WARN/System.err(360):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
09-07 16:08:08.819: WARN/System.err(360):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
09-07 16:08:08.819: WARN/System.err(360):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
09-07 16:08:08.829: WARN/System.err(360):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
09-07 16:08:08.839: WARN/System.err(360):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Answer 1

Some websites force you into broken mobile versions - I keep a second browser on the phone with the user agent string claiming to be a desktop browser instead of a mobile one. You may need to do this for your app, and make it changeable or do updates as the website changes its implementation.