Android DefaultHttpClient default timeout

Question

My questions is what is default timeout for requests made with DefaultHttpClient if I didn't specify it.

So if don't have code like this

HttpParams my_httpParams = new BasicHttpParams();
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(my_httpParams, 3000);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(my_httpParams, 1);

but just

HttpParams params = new BasicHttpParams();
        HttpProtocolParams.setContentCharset(params,
                HTTP.DEFAULT_CONTENT_CHARSET);
ClientConnectionManager cm = new ThreadSafeClientConnManager(params,
                schemeRegistry);
SchemeRegistry schemeRegistry = new SchemeRegistry();
        schemeRegistry.register(new Scheme("http", PlainSocketFactory
                .getSocketFactory(), 80));
return new DefaultHttpClient(cm, params);

How long will this httpClient wait for response from server?

Answer 1

As far as I know the connection timeout and socket timeout for the DefaultHttpClient are both null (or zero) by default, which means that the timeouts are not used and Android application will wait theoretically forever for both the connection and socket response to complete. Therefore, it is highly recommended that to provide new connection and socket timeouts when using the DefaultHttpClient.