Retrofit gives EOFException only the first time

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I'm using framework Retrofit for the first time in my Android project. It handles communication with a backend. Now the strangest part is that on Android 4.4 everything works like a charm. On every version below. I get a RetrofitError type java.io.EOFException. So it fails the first time and then when I push on the retry button it works. So Why is it failing the first time?

I want to fix this because it is annoying that users needs to click retry...

Does someone got a solution for this?

Both below. The OkHttp is my solution and that solved the problem. — user1007522, Apr 15 '14 at 13:33
Same problem here. See [this ticket](https://github.com/square/retrofit/issues/397) that was created on the `GitHub`. — theblang, Apr 15 '14 at 21:33
@user1007522 That also solved the problem for me, as well as sped up my requests by about fifty percent. — theblang, Apr 15 '14 at 22:44

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 13 '14 at 08:44

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I found a solution. In Android 4.4 they work with OkHttpclient so thats the reason why it is working on 4.4 and not on the older Android versions.

To solve this add a dependency in gradle:

compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-tests:1.5.1'

and create a new client like this:

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

add that new client to the restadapter to use this:

setClient(new OkClient(client))

The error should be solved now.

answered Mar 13 '14 at 08:44

user1007522

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I just did `.setClient(new OkClient())`, but yeah OkHttp solved this problem as well as greatly sped up my HTTP requests. Also, you can accept your own answer. – theblang Apr 16 '14 at 13:13
I think you should reference `compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:x.y.z'` instead of `compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-tests:x.y.z`. – JJD Jan 06 '15 at 16:47
I'm still getting the same error, so it doesn't seem to have solves this on JellyBean. – Ewald Jan 12 '15 at 15:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 25 '14 at 16:23

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This bug seems to happen because of previous connexion reused. You can disable keepalive to avoid it :

System.setProperty("http.keepAlive", "false");

answered Mar 25 '14 at 16:23

lcacheux

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 26 '16 at 10:58

I finally resolve the problem.the solution was to use both OkClient and OkHttp. After adding these two libraries I set the client on Retrofit to OkHttp like that

RestAdapter restAdapter = new RestAdapter.Builder()
.setErrorHandler(new ErrorRetrofitHandlerException())
.setEndpoint("Yout base URL")
.setLogLevel(RestAdapter.LogLevel.FULL)
.setClient(new OkClient(new OkHttpClient())) //Http Client 
.build();

Retrofit gives EOFException only the first time

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