I've been experiencing something similar using HttpClient (also using
URLConnection):

java.net.SocketTimeoutException: The operation timed out

The quick fix seems to be retrying the connection, but I'd like to
think there's a better way of handling it.

On May 4, 1:26 am, Paul Tongyoo <paul.tong...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all--
>
> I'm receiving "SocketTimeoutException: Read Timed Out" errors in my client
> app when attempting to post image data to a central server over HTTPS.
> What's odd is that I cannot reproduce the error when posting data from my
> local machine (via the emulator) to the same server.  Increasing the
> SO_TIMEOUT value seems to only prolong the amount of time it takes for the
> timeout exception to occur.  I am very new to using the Apache HTTP API -
> what am I missing?
>
> HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
> HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpClient.getParams(), 15000);
> HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpClient.getParams(), 15000);
> HttpPost post = new HttpPost("https://....";);
>
> ...
>
> HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(post);  // Exception occurs here
>
> ...
>
> httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();  // Closes the connection
> successfully?
>
> TIA
> Paul
>
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