URLConnection.getContentLength() returns -1 Error Solved

When android url connection getContentLength() returning negative value or URLConnection.getContentLength() returns -1 Error solved, This is Worked for me:

urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Accept-Encoding", "identity");

So try this

HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setRequestProperty("Accept-Encoding", "identity"); // <--- Add this line
int length = connection.getContentLength(); // i get negetive length

Source (Performance paragraph):http://developer.android.com/reference/java/net/HttpURLConnection.html

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