Android (Java) HttpURLConnection silent retry on 'read' timeout

Question

So I\'m using Google Volley for HTTP request, which basically uses Java\'s HttpURLConnection.

According to my tests, the

Answer 1

Well, lot of time passed so I figured I will answer with my current (not perfect) solution for other people to easily see it (also written inside the question).

Just set the readTimeout to 0 (no timeout) or at least the connection timeout value. This will make sure connection timeout will be raised before the read timeout.

int timeoutMs = request.getTimeoutMs();    //  or whatever
connection.setConnectTimeout(timeoutMs);   //  actual timeout desired
connection.setReadTimeout(timeoutMs);      //  >= timeoutMs or 0

Of course, it depends on the use of the request. Most of the times, the app is part of a project containing the related server, and you know read timeouts shouldn't happen anyway..

As said, not really a "solution", but a very nice and 90% useful fix.