Java - Reading from a buffered reader (from a socket) is pausing the thread

Question

I have a thread that reads characters from a Buffered reader (created from a socket as follows):

inputStream = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clien         


        

Answer 1

Socket socket;

// Assuming socket is connected and not null

if(socket != null){
    if(socket.getInputStream().available() > 0){
        byte[] buffer;
        buffer = new byte[socket.getInputStream().available];
        socket.getInputStream().read(buffer);

        // Your code here to deal with buffer.

    }
}

If you want to write to the socket,

OutputStream mmOutStream;
mmOutStream = socket.getOutputStream();

public void write(byte[] buffer) {
    try {
        mmOutStream.write(buffer);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Log.e(TAG, "Exception during write ", e);
    }
}