HttpClient hangs when timeout is setting (Windows Phone)
async-await, c#, dotnet-httpclient, windows-phone-8
Solution
Taken from HttpClient documentation:
The default value is 100,000 milliseconds (100 seconds).
A Domain Name System (DNS) query may take up to 15 seconds to return or time out. If your request contains a host name that requires resolution and you set Timeout to a value less than 15 seconds, it may take 15 seconds or more before a WebException is thrown to indicate a timeout on your request.
and as ZombieSheep notes 5 seconds are not enough even for a DNS query to complete.
I would suggest removing the timeout as well and let it to is default value, since from what I know the only way to "check" if task didnt stop is by assuming that if you ping the server and it replies the connection is still "OK" and working/downloading your file.
Problem
I'm trying to set timeout to `HttpClient` object in Windows Phone App. But if request is not completed before timeout, `GetAsync` never returns a value. I'm using the following code to get response: ``` HttpClientHandler handler = new HttpClientHandler(); HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler); client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5); client.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://www.foo.com"); HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync("/boo.mp3");//<--Hangs byte[] data = await response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync(); ``` How can I properly set the timeout to get result from GetAsync?