title: Malformed URL Exception while using Volley
body: <p>Getting the Error below while using Android-Volley in android. The same problem remains unsolved <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/25130745/4522954">here</a> too...</p>
  
  <pre><code>08-27 14:46:18.779  26990-26990/com.rev.volleydemo D/VOLLEY﹕ http://api.androidhive.info/volley/person_object.json
  08-27 14:46:18.879  26990-27004/com.rev.volleydemo E/Volley﹕ [619] NetworkDispatcher.run: Unhandled exception java.lang.RuntimeException: Bad URL null
      java.lang.RuntimeException: Bad URL null
              at com.android.volley.toolbox.BasicNetwork.performRequest(BasicNetwork.java:151)
              at com.android.volley.NetworkDispatcher.run(NetworkDispatcher.java:114)
       Caused by: java.net.MalformedURLException
              at java.net.URL.&lt;init&gt;(URL.java:154)
              at java.net.URL.&lt;init&gt;(URL.java:127)
              at com.android.volley.toolbox.HurlStack.performRequest(HurlStack.java:102)
              at com.android.volley.toolbox.BasicNetwork.performRequest(BasicNetwork.java:97)
              at com.android.volley.NetworkDispatcher.run(NetworkDispatcher.java:114)
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  <pre><code>public class AppController extends Application {
  
      public static final String TAG = AppController.class
              .getSimpleName();
  
      private RequestQueue mRequestQueue;
      private ImageLoader mImageLoader;
  
      private static AppController mInstance;
  
      @Override
      public void onCreate() {
          super.onCreate();
          mInstance = this;
      }
  
      public static synchronized AppController getInstance() {
          return mInstance;
      }
  
      public RequestQueue getRequestQueue() {
          if (mRequestQueue == null) {
              mRequestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(getApplicationContext());
          }
  
          return mRequestQueue;
      }
  
      public ImageLoader getImageLoader() {
          getRequestQueue();
          if (mImageLoader == null) {
              mImageLoader = new ImageLoader(this.mRequestQueue,
                      new BitmapCache());
          }
          return this.mImageLoader;
      }
  
      public &lt;T&gt; void addToRequestQueue(Request&lt;T&gt; req, String tag) {
          // set the default tag if tag is empty
          req.setTag(TextUtils.isEmpty(tag) ? TAG : tag);
          getRequestQueue().add(req);
      }
  
      public &lt;T&gt; void addToRequestQueue(Request&lt;T&gt; req) {
          req.setTag(TAG);
          getRequestQueue().add(req);
      }
  
      public void cancelPendingRequests(Object tag) {
          if (mRequestQueue != null) {
              mRequestQueue.cancelAll(tag);
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
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  <pre><code>public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
  
      public final String URL = new String("http://api.androidhive.info/volley/person_object.json");
  
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
          Log.d("VOLLEY", URL);
  
          JsonObjectRequest jsonObjectRequest = new JsonObjectRequest(Method.POST, null, URL, new Response.Listener&lt;JSONObject&gt;() {
              @Override
              public void onResponse(JSONObject response) {
                  Log.d("VOLLEY", response.toString());
              }
          }, new Response.ErrorListener() {
              @Override
              public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                  Log.d("VOLLEY", error.toString());
              }
          });
  
          AppController.getInstance().addToRequestQueue(jsonObjectRequest, "JSON_OBJ");
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
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