• Apache Http Client
• HttpClient 3.x preference api

• Configuring Timeout with Apache HttpClient 4.0

DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpParams params = httpClient.getParams();
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParams, connectionTimeoutMillis);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParams, socketTimeoutMillis);

HttpProtocolParams.setContentCharset(httpParams, "UTF-8");