IOException when using loopj SyncHttpClient

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I have the need to use loopj's SyncHttpClient in a couple areas. When I use AsyncHttpClient, the request returns successfully. When I use the SyncHttpClient as shown in the accepted answer here: How to use loopJ SyncHttpClient for synchronous calls?, I hit a breakpoint in onFailure. The statusCode is 0, the errorResponse is null, and throwable is java.io.IOException: Unhandled exception: null.

Here is the relevant code. Again when I use Async it works fine:

        buttonTest.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
//                AsyncHttpClient httpClient = new AsyncHttpClient();
                SyncHttpClient httpClient = new SyncHttpClient();

                httpClient.get("http://10.0.1.6:3000/home/test_endpoint", new JsonHttpResponseHandler() {
                    @Override
                    public void onSuccess(int statusCode, Header[] headers, JSONObject response) {
                        String stringResponse = response.toString();
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onFailure(int statusCode, Header[] headers, Throwable throwable, JSONObject errorResponse) {
                        String error = errorResponse.toString();
                    }
                });

                String temp = "got here";
            }
        });

I'm using compile 'com.loopj.android:android-async-http:1.4.9'

Confirm that the server is actually accessible. Do you have network permissions? — 323go
– 323go, Commented Feb 7, 2016 at 4:58
add the following line inside onFailure throwable.printstacktrace(); and display logcat in here. — HourGlass
– HourGlass, Commented Feb 7, 2016 at 6:43

NightRaven · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-09 04:15:11Z

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I did some debugging when I hit this, and I discovered that loopj is eating the following exception:

android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException

I can't give a detailed stack trace because this exception doesn't seem to be logged properly (logcat is not picking it up at all for some reason)

However, it's located here:

AsyncHttpRequest.makeRequestWithRetries(AsyncHttpRequest.java:203)

I have been running my code like this:

Handler handler = new Handler();
Runnable r = new Runnable(){
  public void run(){
    SyncHttpClient client ....
    client.get(.....); // hit error here
  }
};

As you can see, I happen to be running my SyncHttpClient within a Handler.post() method, but apparently that implementation does not count as (Networking on a non-main thread)

The key thing that fixed it was the use of "new Thread(...)" that mikeorr85's code included. Like so ...

new Thread(Runnable r = new Runnable(){
  public void run(){
    SyncHttpClient client ....
    client.get(.....); // hit error here
  }
}).start();

answered Mar 9, 2017 at 4:15

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Zapnologica Over a year ago

How would one block then? The whole point of the SyncClient is that its not async. I want to make a network call and block until it is done?

mikeorr85 · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-07 03:16:12Z

You must still run it off the main thread. This is the code that worked for me and allowed me to hit a breakpoint set at - "String temp = 'got here'" after the request completed:

        buttonTest.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {

                new Thread(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
//                        AsyncHttpClient httpClient = new AsyncHttpClient();
                        SyncHttpClient httpClient = new SyncHttpClient();

                        httpClient.get("http://10.0.1.6:3000/home/test_endpoint", null, new JsonHttpResponseHandler() {
                            @Override
                            public void onSuccess(int statusCode, Header[] headers, JSONObject response) {
                                String stringResponse = response.toString();
                            }

                            @Override
                            public void onFailure(int statusCode, Header[] headers, Throwable throwable, JSONObject errorResponse) {
                                String error = errorResponse.toString();
                            }
                        });

                        String temp = "got here";
                    }
                }).start();
            }

More code is available on their github page: https://github.com/loopj/android-async-http/blob/master/sample/src/main/java/com/loopj/android/http/sample/SynchronousClientSample.java

Arma · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-11 18:42:22Z

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I use AsyncHttpClient and it work for me fine.

answered Mar 11, 2016 at 18:42

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