diff --git a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index ea076f1..c06e122 100644
--- a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
     android:versionCode="2"
     android:versionName="1.0.0-SNAPSHOT">
 
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
+
     <application android:name=".Unit2AssessmentApplication">
         <activity
             android:name=".Unit2AssessmentActivity"
diff --git a/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/JSONActivity.java b/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/JSONActivity.java
index e2ca42f..7834470 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/JSONActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/JSONActivity.java
@@ -2,21 +2,13 @@
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.os.Environment;
-import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.Button;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
-
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileReader;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Scanner;
 
 import nyc.c4q.json.Zipcode;
 
@@ -45,6 +37,8 @@ protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         addjson.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
             @Override
             public void onClick(View v) {
+
+
             }
         });
 
@@ -64,5 +58,7 @@ public void onClick(View v) {
                 File file = new File(directory, "zipcodes.json");
             }
         });
+
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/ListViewActivity.java b/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/ListViewActivity.java
index 78104c6..dd27ffe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/ListViewActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/ListViewActivity.java
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
+import android.widget.ListAdapter;
+import android.widget.ListView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 public class ListViewActivity extends Activity {
@@ -25,5 +28,54 @@ protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         setContentView(R.layout.activity_listview);
         textLog = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textLog);
+
+        initializeListViewWithAdapter();
+
+    }
+
+    //todo:set background color
+    public void initializeListViewWithAdapter() {
+        final ListView list = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list);
+        ListAdapter adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, COLORS);
+
+
+//        for(int i = 0; i < COLORS.length; i++){
+//            View v = adapter.getView(i, null, list);
+//            v.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor(COLORS[i]));
+//        }
+
+//        ListAdapter lAdapter = new BaseAdapter() {
+//            @Override
+//            public int getCount() {
+//                return COLORS.length;
+//            }
+//
+//            @Override
+//            public Object getItem(int i) {
+//                return COLORS[i];
+//            }
+//
+//            @Override
+//            public long getItemId(int i) {
+//                return i;
+//            }
+//
+//            @Override
+//            public View getView(int i, View view, ViewGroup viewGroup) {
+//
+//
+//                //view.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor(COLORS[i]));
+//
+//                //((TextView) view).setText(COLORS[i]);
+//
+//                return view;
+//            }
+//        };
+
+
+        list.setAdapter(adapter);
+
+
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/NetworkActivity.java b/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/NetworkActivity.java
index 3604cfc..a783959 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/NetworkActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/NetworkActivity.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package nyc.c4q;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
-import android.os.AsyncTask;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod;
 import android.util.Log;
@@ -9,20 +8,22 @@
 import android.widget.Button;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
-import com.squareup.okhttp.FormEncodingBuilder;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.HttpUrl;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.OkHttpClient;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.Request;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.RequestBody;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.Response;
-
-import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
-import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
+import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 public class NetworkActivity extends Activity {
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         httptextlog = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.httptextlog);
         httptextlog.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());
 
+
         /*
         The goal is to use AsyncTasks here.
         Shortcut to create URL in Java:
@@ -76,6 +78,9 @@ protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         httpbinget.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
             @Override
             public void onClick(View v) {
+
+                httptextlog.setText(String.format("https://httpbin.org/get?%s", urlParams));
+
             }
         });
 
@@ -88,6 +93,26 @@ public void onClick(View v) {
         httpbinpost.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
             @Override
             public void onClick(View v) {
+                String address = String.format("https://httpbin.org/get?%s", urlParams);
+                HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
+                HttpPost post = new HttpPost(address);
+
+                List<NameValuePair> pairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
+                pairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("key1", "value1"));
+                pairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("key2", "value2"));
+                try {
+                    post.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(pairs));
+                } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+                try {
+                    HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);
+                    httptextlog.setText(response.toString());
+
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+
             }
         });
 
@@ -104,4 +129,45 @@ public void onClick(View v) {
             }
         });
     }
+
+
+    public static String GET(String url){
+        InputStream inputStream = null;
+        String result = "";
+        try {
+            // create HttpClient
+            HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
+
+            // make GET request to the given URL
+            HttpResponse httpResponse = httpclient.execute(new HttpGet(url));
+
+            // receive response as inputStream
+            inputStream = httpResponse.getEntity().getContent();
+
+            // convert inputstream to string
+            if(inputStream != null)
+                result = convertInputStreamToString(inputStream);
+            else
+                result = "Did not work!";
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.d("InputStream", e.getLocalizedMessage());
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    // convert inputstream to String
+    private static String convertInputStreamToString(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
+        BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
+        String line = "";
+        String result = "";
+        while((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null)
+            result += line;
+
+        inputStream.close();
+        return result;
+    }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/NotificationActivity.java b/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/NotificationActivity.java
index f1f56ad..ec226d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/NotificationActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/NotificationActivity.java
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 package nyc.c4q;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
+import android.app.Notification;
 import android.app.NotificationManager;
+import android.app.PendingIntent;
+import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat;
+import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.Button;
 
 public class NotificationActivity extends Activity {
@@ -17,13 +22,46 @@ protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         setContentView(R.layout.activity_notification);
 
-        notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
-
         Button autocancelnotification = (Button) findViewById(R.id.autocancelnotification);
         Button swipenotification = (Button) findViewById(R.id.swipenotification);
         Button permanentnotification = (Button) findViewById(R.id.permanentnotification);
         Button dismisspermanentnotification = (Button) findViewById(R.id.dismisspermanentnotification);
         Button buttonnotification = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonnotification);
 
+        autocancelnotification.setOnClickListener(autocancelListener);
+
+
+
+
+
+    }
+
+    public void createNotification (String contentTitle, String contentText, int id){
+        notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
+
+        NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this);
+        builder.setAutoCancel(true);
+
+        builder.setContentTitle(contentTitle);
+        builder.setContentText(contentText);
+        builder.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.c4qfavicon);
+
+        //pendingIntent
+        Intent resultIntent = new Intent (this, NotificationActivity.class);
+        PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, resultIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
+        builder.setContentIntent(pendingIntent);
+
+        Notification notification = builder.build();
+        notificationManager.notify(id, notification);
     }
+
+    public View.OnClickListener autocancelListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
+        @Override
+        public void onClick(View view) {
+
+            createNotification("default@c4q.nyc", "Touch me to dismiss me!", ID_AUTOCANCEL_NOTIFICATION );
+
+        }
+
+    };
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/json/Zipcode.java b/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/json/Zipcode.java
index 6d4761f..b5aa42f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/json/Zipcode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nyc/c4q/json/Zipcode.java
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 package nyc.c4q.json;
 
 public class Zipcode {
+
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/res/layout/activity_listview.xml b/src/main/res/layout/activity_listview.xml
index 0d4b9d6..59a342f 100644
--- a/src/main/res/layout/activity_listview.xml
+++ b/src/main/res/layout/activity_listview.xml
@@ -9,20 +9,31 @@
 
     <LinearLayout
         android:id="@+id/header"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_weight="1"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="0dp"
         android:orientation="horizontal">
 
         <TextView
             android:id="@+id/textLog"
-            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:text="Fill this textview" />
+            android:layout_weight="3"
+            android:layout_width="0dp"
+            android:layout_height="match_parent"
+            android:text="You have not clicked anything." />
+
+        <EditText
+            android:id="@+id/adapterCount"
+            android:inputType="phone"
+            android:layout_weight="1"
+            android:layout_width="0dp"
+            android:layout_height="match_parent" />
 
     </LinearLayout>
 
     <ListView
         android:id="@+id/list"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
+        android:layout_weight="9"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="0dp"/>
+
 </LinearLayout>
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