Android Question Stopping a post request...

[tigrot]

Hi everybody,
I have the last question for this year:
How can I stop the wait for a POST made on a HTTPJOB before it exit with a timeout.
I have two concurrent event I'm waiting for. The first is a simple timer, the second is the POST request. If the timer expires BEFORE the HTTP timeout I have both events (first the timer then HPPTJOB).
Any way to terminate the HTTPJOB wait after timer expires?

Thank you and Happy New Year

Mauro

 

[Erel]

The simplest way is to just ignore the response. If you are downloading a large resource then you can cancel it as done here: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/download-huge-files-with-httputils2.30220/#content

 

[tigrot]

The problem is that the timer stops a Activity, while the HTTPJOB event restarts it again, leaving the app in an unpredictable result. I have patched the App in this way: I wait till the HTTPJOB is succesfull and I start the timer. In case of HTTP timeout I don't start the timer. So I get no competion between the two events.
Thank you Erel: Always #1 ! You are better than wikipedia...

 

[Erel]

The best solution is to use a service to manage the downloads. This will solve this issue.

 

[tigrot]

Thank you Erel. To tell the truth, I have many post's and get's in the App handled in services... This is the last left in an activity.
The more I learn Android the more I use services... In the latest Apps there is most code in services .

 

[Erel]

That's true. Services are simpler than Activities.