How to handle HTTP timeout?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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);
    }