Host not found error on second application start.

[WolfgangDamm]

Hi,

SI am making an HTTP Get request to a server using QNetworkAccessManager which works fine for the first application start. Restarting the application yields an "Host not found" error when the request is made. Other native Symbian application are still able to connect to that server! Everything works fine the first (sometimes 2nd) application start. There is no problem requesting data multiple times from the server during one application session.

The error occurs each time thereafter until I restart the device. It only occurs if I'm using the cellular network. WLAN works fine. I tested this on N97 and N86 with the same result. The E72 does not yield this error (Probably configuration differences?!). I have tried almost everything and have no idea what is going wrong.

I use following tools and APIs:
- Qt 4.6.2
- S60 5th Edition SDK
- S60 3rd Edition FP 2 SDK (v1.1)

Here is the stripped down source I'm using to reproduce the error.

#ifndef REQUESTOR_H
#define REQUESTOR_H

#include <QObject>
#include <QNetworkReply>

class QNetworkAccessManager;
class QNetworkReply;

class Requestor : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    Requestor();
    virtual ~Requestor();

public slots:
    void makeRequest();

private slots:
    void handleFinished();
    void handleError(QNetworkReply::NetworkError aCode);

private:
    QNetworkAccessManager* iNetworkAccessManager;
    QNetworkReply* iReply;
};

#endif // REQUESTOR_H

#include <QUrl>
#include <QNetworkRequest>
#include <QNetworkReply>
#include <QByteArray>
#include <QMessageBox>
#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
#include <QApplication>

#include "Requestor.h"

Requestor::Requestor() :
        iNetworkAccessManager(NULL),iReply(NULL)
{
    iNetworkAccessManager = new QNetworkAccessManager(this);
}

Requestor::~Requestor()
{
}

void Requestor::makeRequest()
{
    QUrl aUrl("http://www.google.com");
    QNetworkRequest request(aUrl);
    iReply = iNetworkAccessManager->get(request);

    connect(iReply, SIGNAL(error(QNetworkReply::NetworkError)), this,
            SLOT(handleError(QNetworkReply::NetworkError)));
    connect(iReply, SIGNAL(finished()), this, SLOT(handleFinished()));
}


void Requestor::handleFinished()
{
    if (!iReply)
        return;

    int statusCode = iReply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::HttpStatusCodeAttribute).toInt();

    QMessageBox msg(QMessageBox::Information, "StatusCode", QString("StatusCode: %1").arg(statusCode), QMessageBox::Ok);
    msg.exec();

    QByteArray bytes = iReply->readAll();

    QMessageBox msg2(QMessageBox::Information, "Message", QString(bytes).arg(statusCode), QMessageBox::Ok);
    msg2.exec();

    iReply->deleteLater();
    iReply = NULL;
}

void Requestor::handleError(QNetworkReply::NetworkError aCode)
{
    int statusCode =
            iReply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::HttpStatusCodeAttribute).toInt();

    QString errorStr(iReply->errorString());
    iReply->deleteLater();
    iReply = NULL;
    QMessageBox msg(QMessageBox::Warning, "Error", QString("Error %1 (Status: %2): %3").arg(aCode).arg(statusCode).arg(errorStr), QMessageBox::Ok);
    msg.exec();
    QApplication::exit(-1);
}

#include <QApplication>
#include <QMessageBox>
#include "Requestor.h"


int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);
    Requestor* r = new Requestor();
    r->makeRequest();
    int ret = a.exec();
    delete r;
    return ret;
}

Any help is greatly appreciated. Am I misusing the APIs? Not cleaning up correctly?

Cheers,

Wolfgang

[WolfgangDamm]

I reported a bug on the qt issue tracker, because one of the qt examples (googlesuggest) that uses the QNetworkAccessManager has the same problem. See: http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-8335

E72 is no exception, but had a data connection opened permanently which affected the issue positively.

[divanov]

Few minor notes: why do you declare empty destructor and make it virtual. It's already virtual. In main function you can avoid using dynamic memory allocation. Since you don't have any UI you can use QCoreApplication instead of QApplication.

[WolfgangDamm]

@divanov, thanks for the notes.

FYI: I tried using RHostResolver to get the IP address and use that to make the request. This gives the same error, because RHostResolver is not able to resolve the host name on the second application start.

[divanov]

FYI: I tried using RHostResolver to get the IP address and use that to make the request. This gives the same error, because RHostResolver is not able to resolve the host name on the second application start.

That means that bug
http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-8335
is invalid.

[WolfgangDamm]

I don't think that the bug is invalid. Making connections only via the symbian APIs works (as tested in a lot of applications). It seems Qt or some library it uses (e.g. Open C) messes up the host resolver.

Other application (e.g. built in browser) are still able to make connection via the host name.

[galazzo]

The bug IS VALID !

I have the same problems of Wolfgang.

I must restart the phone to solve. The bug affects only QT application becouse browser ora other application still connect to internet.

Please fix it !

thank's

[sebastiano.galazzo]

Hi,

waiting for fix I wrote a class ( S60QHttp ) to tackle the problem.

http://api.witinside.net/mobile/qt/s...FoundError.php

[danhicksbyron]

That bug is listed as "closed -- cannot reproduce".

[razvanpetru]

Could it be connected to this: http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-8687 ?

[danhicksbyron]

Similar to problems I've seen. Eventually it seems you can get a solid connection, but it may take a dozen tries before enrolling a given access point will "take" permanently.