Android socket connection timeout

Question

My android app is connected to the server through socket, which is coded in node.js. When the is left in the foreground for 15 minutes it losses connection to the server. Th

Answer 1

This is a simple example that shows how to set the timeout on a java socket :

sockAdr = new InetSocketAddress(SERVER_HOSTNAME, SERVER_PORT);
socket = new Socket();
timeout = 5000;
socket.connect(sockAdr, timeout);
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream());
while ((data = reader.readLine())!=null) 
      log.e(TAG, "received -> " + data);
log.e(TAG, "Socket closed !");