The response content varies, but it frequently is large(ish), normally up to 64 kb...I could process it as a stream, but what is the best way to parse xml via stream?
On Jan 2, 5:38 pm, Frank Weiss <[email protected]> wrote: > You haven't said how big the response content is, which certainly can be a > factor. I looked at the EntityUtils.toString() source code in HttpCore 4.0.1 > and it is basically using an InputStreamReader to decode the entity into a > String, using a 1024 character buffer. Are you sure you want the entity as a > string? Can you process it as a stream? AFAIK HTTPClient does allows for > stream processing of the response. This is usually much more efficient than > copying the whole thing into a memory buffer. > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 10:24 AM, SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks! > > > After doing a TraceView, I found that most of the processing time is > > spent in the EntityUtils.toString(entity); portion...any ideas how to > > speed it up/circumvent this step? > > > On Jan 2, 12:47 am, Brion Emde <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think that it is automatic. Just be sure to keep your HttpClient > > > object around for as long as you're going to be using it. For example: > > > create the HttpClient in your onCreate() and close it in onDestroy() > > > for your activity. > > > > On Jan 1, 10:45 pm, SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Thanks a lot! Just wondering: how do you set the keep-alive > > > > setting? I just can't seem to get it! > > > > > Thanks for all your help! > > > > > On Jan 1, 5:08 pm, Frank Weiss <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I've seen 5 sec occasionally getting an rss feed of about 28 KB using > > > > > java.net.URL.openConnection().getInputStream() and then parsing it > > with > > > > > SAXParser. It looks like you're doing a POST to send form data(?) so > > you may > > > > > have to stick with HTTPClient. > > > > > > If you're doing frequent requests, you can probably take advantage of > > > > > HTTPClient's "keep-alive" connection management. > > > > > > If you're looking for optimizations, I strongly suggest you create a > > test > > > > > app which performs the samerequestyou're having performance problems > > with. > > > > > Collect more data, such as the size of therequestand response. Try > > the > > > > > samerequestfrom a different platform (like your laptop or desktop). > > > > > Compare the network paths between the desktop and Android to the > > server. > > > > > > I know you'd like to just get an answer "do this/try this". I hope > > that by > > > > > looking into the problem in more detail you''ll find a solution. > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 3:36 PM, SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > About 5 seconds, which isn't unbearable, but considering my app > > needs > > > > > > frequent requests some kind of optimization must be possible. > > > > > > > Look at the android market...it seems to load everything pretty > > fast > > > > > > (much faster than my app at least!) > > > > > > > On Jan 1, 3:15 pm, Frank Weiss <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Considering that the execute method's latency includes network > > and server > > > > > > > times, on what basis do you think it's taking too long? What > > latency are > > > > > > you > > > > > > > observing, less than one second, more than one minute? > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 1:19 PM, SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer < > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Yes, I've tried logging and theHTTPexecute definitely takes the > > > > > > > > largest chunk of time, but how can I speed it up? Is there > > another > > > > > > > > protocol/method? > > > > > > > > > On Dec 31 2009, 6:07 pm, jotobjects <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Dec 31, 12:52 pm, SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer < > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > It works fine, but it's quite slow...any way to make it > > faster? > > > > > > > > > > A guess would be that theHTTPnetwork speed is 100's of times > > slower > > > > > > > > > than all the rest of the code. You might log the time before > > and > > > > > > after > > > > > > > > > the execute method if you haven't already done that. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > 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]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > > > > > [email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > 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]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > > > [email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > 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]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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