Timeout in DefaultHttpClient Class Android

Question

I have created an Android application where I connect to a remote server php file to retrieve some information. Below is the code for that.

Here I want to add timeout with the connection such as the connection will timeout in 5 seconds.

Any idea how to do this.

ArrayList<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("name","test"));

HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("http://mysite.com/test.php");
httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);

Regards,

Shankar

score 33 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '11 at 11:04

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Use the HttpConnectionParams of your DefaultHttpClient::

final HttpParams httpParameters = yourHttpClient.getParams();

HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters, connectionTimeOutSec * 1000);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout        (httpParameters, socketTimeoutSec * 1000);

answered Aug 29 '11 at 11:04

Shlublu

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the time out is all well and good, but how to we catch the time out (the code as it is right now just fails silently when there is a timeout) – J.R. Feb 11 '13 at 16:03
When it fails, this code throws an exception that you can catch and handle. – Shlublu Jun 07 '13 at 08:11
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By "this" code, I meant the OP's code. Nowadays, according to Android's official blog, it is better to use HttpUrlConnection rather than DefaultHttpClient anyway. – Shlublu Jun 14 '14 at 21:24

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

final HttpParams httpParameters = yourHttpClient.getParams();

HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters, connectionTimeOutSec * 1000);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout        (httpParameters, socketTimeoutSec * 1000);

If that does not work (as in my case). try this which works for me (link)

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);

Please be advised that by passing in BasicHttpParams to DefaultHttpClient results in the default HTTP connection params being lost. This means that unless specifically added back in, the User-Agent will not be in the HTTP headers. — Jade, Aug 17 '13 at 19:36
Good, but HttpConnectionParams is deprecated starting from Apache HttpCore 4.3 — kinORnirvana, Jun 10 '16 at 09:40

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