How to prevent application timeout?

Question

I created a multi-threaded application, but it still freezes if the server is unavailable.

In the main event, I created the following methods:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    //bind GUI elements
    ...

    //start TCPConnection Service in a new thread
    establishTCPConnection();
    ...

}


private void establishTCPConnection(){
    TCPClientServiceThread = new Thread(null, backgroundConnection, "connection");
    TCPClientServiceThread.start();
}

..


private Runnable backgroundConnection = new Runnable(){
    public void run(){
        //establish TCP connection
        doEstablishTCPConnection();
    }
};

private void doEstablishTCPConnection()
{
    //start TCPConnection service
    startService(new Intent(this, TCPClientService.class));
}

And this is the TCPClientService class:

public class TCPClientService extends Service{

...

private String serverAddress = "192.168.1.5";
private int portNumber = 1000;



@Override
public void onCreate()
{
    //TODO: Actions to perform when service is created
    connectionAvailable = false;

    IntentFilter dataReceiverFilter;
    dataReceiverFilter = new IntentFilter(MotranetClient.MOTION_DATA_UPDATED);
    dataReceiver = new DataReceiver();
    registerReceiver(dataReceiver, dataReceiverFilter);

    EstablishConnection();
}

@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent)
{
    //TODO: Replace with service binding implementation
    return null;
}

private void EstablishConnection()
{
    try {
           InetAddress serverAddr = InetAddress.getByName(serverAddress);
           Log.d("TCP", "C: Connecting...");
           Socket socket = new Socket(serverAddr, portNumber);
           String message = "testing connection";

               try {
                Log.d("TCP", "C: Sending: '" + message + "'");
                PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter( new BufferedWriter( new OutputStreamWriter(socket.getOutputStream())),true);
                out.println(message);
                Log.d("TCP", "C: Sent.");
                  Log.d("TCP", "C: Done.");
                  connectionAvailable = true;

             } catch(Exception e) {
                 Log.e("TCP", "S: Error", e);
                 connectionAvailable = false;

               } finally {
                  socket.close();
                  announceNetworkAvailability(connectionAvailable);
                }

         } catch (Exception e) {
              Log.e("TCP", "C: Error", e);
              announceNetworkAvailability(connectionAvailable);
         }
    }


}

If the server is unavailable, line

Socket socket = new Socket(serverAddr, portNumber);

causes some delay, and I think this is a reason for freezing. But if the TCPClientService service is running in its own thread, I do not know why this affects the timeout of the main action.

I would be very grateful if anyone could show how to prevent the application from freezing when the server is unavailable.

Answer 1

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startService , startService , Service onCreate().

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