Opening DataInputStream running very slow
<p>I am uploading a file to a server and depending on the processing on the file I get a different reply from the server. Everything is working, however getting the reply from the server is very slow. I checked in the debugger and the following line of code is taking 6 seconds to run.</p>

<pre><code>   inStream = new DataInputStream( connection.getInputStream() );
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<p>I have tested the same files and code over a web browser and its perfect, taking about 1 or 2 seconds to display the reply. Here is my full code, I think its ok, but maybe there is something here that is not done properly. Is there a better way of doing this? Or is a new DataInputStream always going to be so slow?</p>

<pre><code>   private String loadImageFromNetwork(String myfile) {
        HttpURLConnection connection = null;
        DataOutputStream outStream = null;
        DataInputStream inStream = null;
        String make = "";
        String model = "";
        String disp = "";
            String lineEnd = "\r\n";
        String twoHyphens = "--";
        String boundary = "*****";

        int bytesRead, bytesAvailable, bufferSize;

        byte[] buffer;

        int maxBufferSize = 1*1024*1024;

        String urlString = "http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/upload.php";
        sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED, Uri.parse("file://" + myfile)));

            try {

            FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(new File(myfile));

            // open a URL connection to the Servlet
            URL url = new URL(urlString);

            // Open a HTTP connection to the URL
            connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

            // Allow Inputs
            connection.setDoInput(true);

            // Allow Outputs
            connection.setDoOutput(true);

            // Don't use a cached copy.
            connection.setUseCaches(false);

            // Use a post method.
            connection.setRequestMethod("POST");

            connection.setRequestProperty("Connection", "Keep-Alive");

            connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data;boundary="+boundary);

            outStream = new DataOutputStream(connection.getOutputStream());

            outStream.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);
            outStream.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"uploadedfile\";filename=\"" + myfile +"\"" + lineEnd);
            outStream.writeBytes(lineEnd);

            // create a buffer of maximum size
            bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available();
            bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
            buffer = new byte[bufferSize];

            // read file and write it into form...

            bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);

                while (bytesRead &gt; 0) {
                        outStream.write(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
                bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available();
                bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
                bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
            }

            // send multipart form data necesssary after file data...
                outStream.writeBytes(lineEnd);
                outStream.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + twoHyphens + lineEnd);

            // close streams
            fileInputStream.close();
            outStream.flush();
            outStream.close();


          }
          catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
                  ex.printStackTrace();
          }

          catch (IOException ioe) {
                  ioe.printStackTrace();
          }

          //------------------ read the SERVER RESPONSE
          try {

               inStream = new DataInputStream( connection.getInputStream() );

                   String str;

                   while (( str = inStream.readLine()) != null)
                   {
                            disp = disp + str;

                   }

                   inStream.close();


          }
          catch (IOException ioex){
                  ioex.printStackTrace();
          }
          return disp;

    }
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