HttpUrlConnection response code always returns -1

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I have created my server in amazon ec2 instance. Through my android app i am connecting to the server with HttpUrlConnection. But i get response code as -1. Does anyone has any idea ?? Here is my code. private String getHttpResponse(final String srcUrl) {

    HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
    FileOutputStream fos = null;
    try {
        URL url = new URL(srcUrl);
        urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
        urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
        mETag = readETagFromPrefForCategory();

        urlConnection.setRequestProperty("If-None-Match", mETag);

        Authenticator.setDefault(new Authenticator() {
            protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
                return new PasswordAuthentication("xyz", "abc".toCharArray());
            }
        });

        urlConnection.connect();

        mETag =  urlConnection.getHeaderField("ETag");

        if (urlConnection.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED) {
            Log.v("http","not modifed");
            return readLocalJson();
        }

        if (urlConnection.getResponseCode() != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
            Log.w(TAG, "Bad response [" + urlConnection.getResponseCode() + "] from (" + srcUrl + ")");
            return null;
        }}//end of try block

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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An answer in this post seemed to solve it for a few people:

Android Https Status code -1

Hope that helps.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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answered Sep 26 '12 at 06:37

Kieren Hughes

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Thanks for the reply.. I tried System.setProperty("http.keepAlive", "false"); but sadly it didn't work for me :(.. Any other help is appreciated.. – user1479604 Sep 26 '12 at 06:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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The problem might be that your headers HTTP version is not properly formatted. Check this SO link where I have answered a similar question which worked for me.

Java Http~URLConnection response code -1

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answered Feb 08 '15 at 12:09

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 08 '15 at 13:46

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Why are you setting "Content-Type" on a GET request?

answered Feb 08 '15 at 13:46

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HttpUrlConnection response code always returns -1

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