Question

I am trying to put an entry in database. This is the code I am using

String url = String.format("http://xxxxxxx/xxx/index.php?home=yes&pid=%s", pid);

        // Create a new HttpClient and Post Header
        HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);

    try {
        ResponseHandler<String> responseHandler = new BasicResponseHandler();
        String response = httpclient.execute(httppost, responseHandler);

        Log.e("abc", response);
        return response;
        } catch (ClientProtocolException es) 
        {   
            Log.e("x" , es.getMessage());
            return "";
        } catch (IOException e) 
        {
            Log.e("aasx" , e.getMessage());
            return "";
        }

This code works fine. Now when there is an internet connection problem, the code stuck at
httpclient.execute(httppost, responseHandler); for more than 2 minutes.

Is there any way in which it check for only few seconds and if no resposne then catch the exceptions?

Answer 1

Your question is similar to the one here.

You just need to set a timeout for the HttpClient as shown in the answers there. This can be done by passing in an HttpParams object to the HttpClient constructor.