ANR when using ksoap2 to send data to web services

Question

I am currently able of sending stuff into a server with ksoap2 library for android. Now I have the need to make sure that this line doesn't block the app and makes it ANR:

androidHttpTransport.call(connection.getSOAP_ACTION(), envelope);

If by any reason i cant reach the server (for example the server is shutdown) this call blocks the app. how can i treat this?

Answer 1

You should run calls like this within an AsyncTask, so it doesn't block the UI Thread.

Also, you might be interested in this blog article on Painless threading in Android.