[android-developers] Re: Socket - Network connect drops after 15 minutes

2009-12-15 Thread Ron
It's a background service which must remain connected, and also cannot be overridden by the user, so I need a programmatic solution to keep wifi on. I'm trying: wl = wifiManager.createWifiLock(tag); wl.acquire() but that doesn't seem to be working. I don't want to get too far

Re: [android-developers] Re: Socket - Network connect drops after 15 minutes

2009-12-15 Thread Mark Murphy
Ron wrote: It's a background service which must remain connected, and also cannot be overridden by the user, so I need a programmatic solution to keep wifi on. I'm trying: wl = wifiManager.createWifiLock(tag); wl.acquire() but that doesn't seem to be working. That will only

[android-developers] Re: Socket - Network connect drops after 15 minutes

2009-12-15 Thread Stiffler
You might try closing the socket and trying to connect it again, the same way it was opened before the disconnect. 15 minutes is a relatively long time... does the socket live in an activity? It should probably live in a service so its resources don't get reclaimed like an activity would.

[android-developers] Re: Socket - Network connect drops after 15 minutes

2009-12-14 Thread Ron
An additional clue I just caught on DDMS just before the first connection failure: 12-14 19:00:23.164: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(60): Event [CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys] 12-14 19:00:23.164: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(60): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE- CHANGE id=-1 state=8] In looking

[android-developers] Re: Socket - Network connect drops after 15 minutes

2009-12-14 Thread GC
Sounds like wifi is going to sleep. Go to wifi settings, hit menu, tell the wifi to never go to sleep. Understand the battery implications. On Dec 14, 8:52 pm, Ron ronbruck...@comcast.net wrote: An additional clue I just caught on DDMS just before the first connection failure: 12-14

[android-developers] Re: Socket - Network connect drops after 15 minutes

2009-12-14 Thread Edward Falk
Can I ask why you're keeping a connection open for 15 minutes? That must be killing the battery. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from