Getting java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Connection timed out in android

I've searched all over the web and after reading lot of docs regarding connection timeout exception, the thing I understood is that, preventing SocketTimeoutException is beyond our limit. One way to effectively handle it is to define a connection timeout and later handle it by using a try-catch block. Hope this will help anyone in future who are facing the same issue.

HttpUrlConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();//set the timeout in millisecondsconn.setConnectTimeout(7000);

I'm aware this question is a bit old. But since I stumbled on this while doing research, I thought a little addition might be helpful.

As stated the error cannot be solved by the client, since it is a network related issue. However, what you can do is retry connecting a few times. This may work as a workaround until the real issue is fixed.

for (int retries = 0; retries < 3; retries++) {    try {        final HttpClient client = createHttpClientWithDefaultSocketFactory(null, null);        final HttpResponse response = client.execute(get);        final int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();        if (statusCode != 200) {            throw new IllegalStateException("GET Request on '" + get.getURI().toString() + "' resulted in " + statusCode);        } else {                            return response.getEntity();        }    } catch (final java.net.SocketTimeoutException e) {        // connection timed out...let's try again                    }}

Maybe this helps someone.

If you are using Kotlin + Retrofit + Coroutines then just use try and catch for network operations like,

viewModelScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {        try {            val userListResponseModel = apiEndPointsInterface.usersList()            returnusersList(userListResponseModel)        } catch (e: Exception) {            e.printStackTrace()        }    }

Where, Exception is type of kotlin and not of java.lang

This will handle every exception like,

1. HttpException
2. SocketTimeoutException
3. FATAL EXCEPTION: DefaultDispatcher etc

Here is my usersList() function

@GET(AppConstants.APIEndPoints.HOME_CONTENT)suspend fun usersList(): UserListResponseModel

Note: Your RetrofitClient Classs must have this as client

OkHttpClient.Builder()            .connectTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)            .readTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)            .writeTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)