I have created the following function for checking the connection status:
private void checkConnectionStatus() {
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpC
HttpParams httpParameters = new BasicHttpParams();
HttpProtocolParams.setVersion(httpParameters, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
HttpProtocolParams.setContentCharset(httpParameters,
HTTP.DEFAULT_CONTENT_CHARSET);
HttpProtocolParams.setUseExpectContinue(httpParameters, true);
// Set the timeout in milliseconds until a connection is
// established.
// The default value is zero, that means the timeout is not used.
int timeoutConnection = 35 * 1000;
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters,
timeoutConnection);
// Set the default socket timeout (SO_TIMEOUT)
// in milliseconds which is the timeout for waiting for data.
int timeoutSocket = 30 * 1000;
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParameters, timeoutSocket);