Apps Android TCP Recieve Failure

[liggerbott]

I am connecting to a server on my network written in C#. The data sent from the android device is recieved
by the server and a reply is succesfully sent but the android code timesout and never gets the return data.

I have tested that the C# server can communicate and reply with a C# client.

I have studied the network traffic using Wireshark when using both the C# server-android client and C# server-C#
client and it appears that the android device acknowledges(ACK) the reply data but my code never recieves it.

I have the code running in a thread so running it on Android 4.0 doesn't error out but I have tried running it on
Android 2.2 with exactly the same behaviour(or lack of it). Also I have run it on 2 different android devices.

(AndroidManifest.xml)

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />

(My Code)

private static final int TCP_SERVER_PORT = 3000;
private static final String TCP_SERVER_IP = "192.168.1.55";

try {
	SocketAddress socketAddress = new InetSocketAddress(serverAddr, TCP_SERVER_PORT);
	Socket s2 = new Socket();
	s2.connect(socketAddress);

	BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(s2.getInputStream()));
	BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(s2.getOutputStream()));
		
	//send output msg
	String outMsg = "TCP connecting to " + TCP_SERVER_PORT + System.getProperty("line.separator"); 			
	out.write(outMsg);
	out.flush();
		
	//accept server response	
	String inMsg = in.readLine();

		s2.close();
		
	} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
		e.printStackTrace();
	} catch (IOException e) {
		e.printStackTrace();
	}

 

[Kostas G]

Are you sure that the server sends a full line (a string terminated with a new line character)? You are using BufferedReader.readLine(), which blocks the program flow until a full line is received.

 

[liggerbott]

That sounds as if it could be the problem, I thought it would be something simple. I will test it it shortly and report back. Thank you, hopefully now my hair will grow back

 

[liggerbott]

All fixed. How stupid do I feel now? Been playing with this for ages...