Android developers do face the exception when sending large file from Android device to a server. To send large file to a server you have to make the file into small size chunks and then send it to the server. setChunkedStreamingMode(1024), this method helps in chunking the file. Below is the method which will help you send large file to a server from Android device.

public String uploadFileToServer(String filename, String targetUrl) {
    String response = "error";
    Log.e("Image filename", filename);
    Log.e("url", targetUrl);
    HttpURLConnection connection = null;
    DataOutputStream outputStream = null;
    // DataInputStream inputStream = null;

String pathToOurFile = filename;
String urlServer = targetUrl;
String lineEnd = "\r\n";
String twoHyphens = "--";
String boundary = "*****";
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy_MM_dd_HH:mm:ss");

int bytesRead, bytesAvailable, bufferSize;
byte[] buffer;
int maxBufferSize = 1 * 1024;
try {
    FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(new File(
            pathToOurFile));

    URL url = new URL(urlServer);
    connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

    // Allow Inputs & Outputs
    connection.setDoInput(true);
    connection.setDoOutput(true);
    connection.setUseCaches(false);
    connection.setChunkedStreamingMode(1024);
    // Enable POST method
    connection.setRequestMethod("POST");

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

    outputStream = new DataOutputStream(connection.getOutputStream());
    outputStream.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);

    String connstr = null;
    connstr = "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"uploadedfile\";filename=\""
            + pathToOurFile + "\"" + lineEnd;
    Log.i("Connstr", connstr);

    outputStream.writeBytes(connstr);
    outputStream.writeBytes(lineEnd);

    bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available();
    bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
    buffer = new byte[bufferSize];

    // Read file
    bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
    Log.e("Image length", bytesAvailable + "");
    try {
        while (bytesRead > 0) {
            try {
                outputStream.write(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
            } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                response = "outofmemoryerror";
                return response;
            }
            bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available();
            bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
            bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        response = "error";
        return response;
    }
    outputStream.writeBytes(lineEnd);
    outputStream.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + twoHyphens
            + lineEnd);

    // Responses from the server (code and message)
    int serverResponseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
    String serverResponseMessage = connection.getResponseMessage();
    Log.i("Server Response Code ", "" + serverResponseCode);
    Log.i("Server Response Message", serverResponseMessage);

    if (serverResponseCode == 200) {
        response = "true";
    }

    String CDate = null;
    Date serverTime = new Date(connection.getDate());
    try {
        CDate = df.format(serverTime);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        Log.e("Date Exception", e.getMessage() + " Parse Exception");
    }
    Log.i("Server Response Time", CDate + "");

    filename = CDate
            + filename.substring(filename.lastIndexOf("."),
                    filename.length());
    Log.i("File Name in Server : ", filename);

    fileInputStream.close();
    outputStream.flush();
    outputStream.close();
    outputStream = null;
} catch (Exception ex) {
    // Exception handling
    response = "error";
    Log.e("Send file Exception", ex.getMessage() + "");
    ex.printStackTrace();
}
return response;

}