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Louis Evans
Louis Evans

Reputation: 671

How to handle HTTP timeout?

In my application, I am downloading JSON data from a ReST web service. Most of the time, this works fine, however sometimes the connection will time out.

This is the code I use to set the timeout...

HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout( httpParameters, 20000 );
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout( httpParameters, 42000 );

If the connection times out, the application crashes and closes, how do I handle a time out?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 29118

Answers (3)

VM4
VM4

Reputation: 6501

The HttpClient class throws a ConnectTimeoutException Exception, so you should listen for it:

try {
        HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);
                    // do something with response
    } catch (ConnectTimeoutException e) {
        Log.e(TAG, "Timeout", e);
    } catch (SocketTimeoutException e) {
        Log.e(TAG, " Socket timeout", e);
    }

Upvotes: 7

Louis Evans
Louis Evans

Reputation: 671

I have tried to catch a variety of exception types, I have found that catching an IOException worked as I wanted!

Upvotes: 0

Harish Godara
Harish Godara

Reputation: 2386

Increase your time of waiting for response like : 

HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout( httpParameters, 60000 ); //1 minute
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout( httpParameters, 90000 ); // 1.5 minute

Upvotes: 3

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