Hi all,
Seems that Android is dropping idle sockets when under a mobile network. Usually, no socket is kept alive for more than 7 minutes of inactivity. I am using a SIM card with a particular APN, that allows idle sockets for at least 30 minutes - this was tested using another kind of device, also communicating with GSM, and there are no drops, so problem isn't the SIM card. After a few searches in the web, I tried a few approaches to work around this, but until now, no success. I tried using a partial wake lock after connecting, releasing only when disconnected - didn't work. Also tried using only a 2G network, as some said that changing from network type could impact on this - same outcome. After digging a bit more and by analyzing logcat, I watched that a CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE is sent after some idle time, disabling the data transfer availability (active network is mobile, no connectivity) and another one is sent enabling it again (active network is mobile, connectivity). This cuts off all live socket connections. Investigating a little bit more, I also observed that this behavior is not consistent through all Android versions, or maybe (even worse) through different hardware. Connectivity break is occurring in a Galaxy Tab 7 with Android 4.0.4. The same isn't occurring in an Unitech TB 100 with Android 3.2. Does anyone know where I can get more information and/or I can work around this? I would really like to avoid sending heartbeats every 6/7 minutes. Cheers -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
