How to set HttpResponse timeout for Android in Java
android, httpresponse, java, timeout
Solution
In my example, two timeouts are set. The connection timeout throws `java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Socket is not connected` and the socket timeout `java.net.SocketTimeoutException: The operation timed out`.
HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);
HttpParams httpParameters = new BasicHttpParams();
// Set the timeout in milliseconds until a connection is established.
// The default value is zero, that means the timeout is not used.
int timeoutConnection = 3000;
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters, timeoutConnection);
// Set the default socket timeout (SO_TIMEOUT)
// in milliseconds which is the timeout for waiting for data.
int timeoutSocket = 5000;
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParameters, timeoutSocket);
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(httpParameters);
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
If you want to set the Parameters of any existing HTTPClient (e.g. DefaultHttpClient or AndroidHttpClient) you can use the function setParams().
httpClient.setParams(httpParameters);
Problem
I have created the following function for checking the connection status: ``` private void checkConnectionStatus() { HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(); try { String url = "http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8000/GaitLink/" + strSessionString + "/ConnectionStatus"; Log.d("phobos", "performing get " + url); HttpGet method = new HttpGet(new URI(url)); HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(method); if (response != null) { String result = getResponse(response.getEntity()); ... ``` When I shut down the server for testing the execution waits a long time at line ``` HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(method); ``` Does anyone know how to set the timeout in order to avoid waiting too long? Thanks!