How to detect Timeout while receiving data through bluetooth in Android

Question

In my Android application i send and receive data through Bluetooth to/from an Embedded Hardware device. I use a background Service to achieve this. To read bluetooth data, i use my below code,

public void run() {
        Log.d("DEBUG BT", "IN CONNECTED THREAD RUN");

        byte[] buffer = new byte[10240]; //1kb=1024bytes
        int begin = 0;
        int bytes = 0;

        // Keep listening to the InputStream until an exception occurs.

        while (true) {
            try {
                System.out.println("-------------New Data received");
                al = new ArrayList<>();

                try {
                    Thread.sleep(300);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e.printStackTrace();
                    System.out.println("InterruptedException during sleep");
                }

                // Read from the InputStream.

                bytes += mmInStream.read(buffer, bytes, buffer.length - bytes);

                    for(int i = begin; i < bytes; i++) {
                        if(buffer[i] == "#".getBytes()[0]) {

                            // Send the obtained bytes to the UI activity.
                            bluetoothIn.obtainMessage(1, begin, i, buffer).sendToTarget();
                            begin = i + 1;
                            if(i == bytes - 1) {
                                bytes = 0;
                                begin = 0;
                            }
                        }
                    }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                System.out.println("Problem in reading Data:Input stream was disconnected "+e.getMessage());
                Handler hand = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
                hand.post(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        Toast.makeText(BluetoothDataService.this.getApplicationContext(),"Problem in reading Data",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        dismissDialog();
                    }
                });
                break;
            }
        }
    }

I will send query to my Hardware unit and will be waiting for data through Bluetooth, but i didnot know how to check for timeout, I use Progress bar till i receive data but sometimes If i didnot receive data for more than 20 secs i need to alert user as "Timeout" but in my case progress is still loading ,i am stuck how to achieve this,please someone suggest how to check for timeout

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 27 '17 at 10:54

public void run() {
        Log.d("DEBUG BT", "IN CONNECTED THREAD RUN");

        byte[] buffer = new byte[10240]; //1kb=1024bytes
        int begin = 0;
        int bytes = 0;
        int timeOut = 10000;
        int currTime = 0;
        int interval = 50;

        // Keep listening to the InputStream until an exception occurs.

        while (true) {
            try {
                al = new ArrayList<>();

                try {
                    Thread.sleep(300);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e.printStackTrace();
                    System.out.println("InterruptedException during sleep");
                }

                // Read from the InputStream.
                if(mmInStream.available() > 0){
                    // something just arrived?

                    bytes += mmInStream.read(buffer, bytes, buffer.length - bytes);

                    currTime = 0;                               // resets the timeout

                    for(int i = begin; i < bytes; i++) {
                        if(buffer[i] == "#".getBytes()[0]) {

                            // Send the obtained bytes to the UI activity.
                            bluetoothIn.obtainMessage(1, begin, i, buffer).sendToTarget();
                            begin = i + 1;
                            if(i == bytes - 1) {
                                bytes = 0;
                                begin = 0;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }else if(currTime < timeOut) {
                    // do we have to wait some more?
                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(interval);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        System.out.println("InterruptedException occurs while waiting for data from TPRS, "+e.getMessage());
                        printMessage("InterruptedException occurs while waiting for data from TPRS, ");
                    }
                    currTime += interval;
                }else {
                    // timeout detected
                    handleTimeOut();
                    dismissDialog();
                    currTime = 0;                           // resets the timeout
                }

            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                System.out.println("Problem in reading Data:Input stream was disconnected "+e.getMessage());
                printMessage("Problem in reading Data");
                break;
            }
        }
    }

How to detect Timeout while receiving data through bluetooth in Android

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