I'm trying to call a RESTful web service from an Android application using the following method:

        HttpHost target = new HttpHost("http://" + ServiceWrapper.SERVER_HOST,ServiceWrapper.SERVER_PORT);
        HttpGet get = new HttpGet("/list");
        String result=null;
	    HttpEntity entity = null;
	    HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
	    try {
		  HttpResponse response=client.execute(target, get);
		  entity = response.getEntity();
		  result = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
		 } catch (Exception e) {
		  e.printStackTrace();
		 } finally {
		  if (entity!=null)
		   try {
		    entity.consumeContent();
		   } catch (IOException e) {}
		 }
		 return result;

I can browse to address and see the xml results using the Android Emulator browser and from my machine. I have given my app the INTERNET permission.

I'm developing with eclipse.

I've seen it mentioned that I might need to configure a proxy but since the web service i'm calling is on port 80 this shouldn't matter should it? I can call the method with the browser.

Any ideas?