Android socket connection timeout
After googling a lot I found out a solution to this problem. Add timeout to the socket connection.
mSocket.setSoTimeout(10*1000);
If there isn't any response, after 10 seconds it will throw SocketTimeoutException
and in the catch of this exception close the connection if exists, then connect again.
catch (SocketTimeoutException e) {
if (mSocket.isConnected()) {
disconnect();
}
connect();
}
This is a simple example that shows how to set the timeout on a java socket :
sockAdr = new InetSocketAddress(SERVER_HOSTNAME, SERVER_PORT);
socket = new Socket();
timeout = 5000;
socket.connect(sockAdr, timeout);
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream());
while ((data = reader.readLine())!=null)
log.e(TAG, "received -> " + data);
log.e(TAG, "Socket closed !");