HttpUrlConnection issue when tablet is inactive - android

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Below is an example of how I'm using HttpUrlConnection.
new AsyncRequestDTOBaseItemArray(callback).executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR, url);
The actual AsyncTask
public class AsyncRequestDTOBaseItem extends AsyncTask<String,String,Object> {
HttpURLConnection connection;
InputStream inStream;
IApiCallback callback;
public AsyncRequestDTOBaseItem(IApiCallback callback) {
this.callback = callback;
}
#Override
protected Object doInBackground(String... uri) {
try {
URL url = new URL(uri[0]);
connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setConnectTimeout(5000);
connection.addRequestProperty("Accept-Encoding", "gzip");
connection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
connection.connect();
String encoding = connection.getContentEncoding();
// Determine if the stream is compressed and uncompress it if needed.
if (encoding != null && encoding.equalsIgnoreCase("gzip")) {
inStream = new GZIPInputStream(connection.getInputStream());
} else {
inStream = connection.getInputStream();
}
if (inStream != null) {
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(inStream);
Gson gson = new Gson();
try {
DTOBaseItem item = gson.fromJson(isr, DTOBaseItem.class);
return item;
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.i("AsyncRequestDTOBaseItem", "Exception");
if (e != null && e.getMessage() != null) {
Log.e("AsyncRequestDTOBaseItem", e.getMessage());
}
} finally {
inStream.close();
}
}
} catch (SocketTimeoutException e) {
Log.i("AsyncRequestDTOBaseItem", "Socket Timeout occured");
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.i("AsyncRequestDTOBaseItem","IOException");
if (e != null && e.getMessage() != null) {
Log.i("AsyncRequestDTOBaseItem",e.getMessage());
}
} finally {
if (connection != null)
connection.disconnect();
}
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Object result) {
callback.Execute(result);
}
}
I don't see any issues with the above code unless the device has been inactive. When the device has been inactive the last code line that executes is
String encoding = connection.getContentEncoding();
I've also gone into the wifi settings and made sure that my wifi doesn't sleep. I thought at first it might be that the wifi reconnecting was creating this issue.

It looks like the issue may have been the server not sending data back.
I added connection.setReadTimeout(5000); and now the issue seems to have gone away.

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