NSURLRequest returns NSURLErrorNetworkConnectionLost but reachability says the network connection is on

Question

In my app I'm downloading big video files in a row and sometimes my http request fails and reports that NSError code is -1005, which is NSURLErrorNetworkConnectionLost. I check internet connection through Reachability class and it says that its current status is not NotReachable. What can be a reason for that? What can make a request fail? Any ideas, guys?

Answer 1

You might not like this but I ran into a somewhat-similar situation a few years back ... the fix, at least for me, was to break the files apart into much smaller "chunks." Essentially, I switched to a streaming scheme versus having to download them in one fell swoop, and life was good again.

Food for thought ...