In case anyone had this problem I found the solution. It was simply a proxy problem and missing library problem. 1. add the rxJava ,okio and Okhttp jar lib. 2. This step is optional if u have a proxy problem like i did. String hostname = "IP ADDRESS"; int port = PORT; Proxy proxy = new Proxy(Proxy.Type.HTTP, new InetSocketAddress(hostname, port)); OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient.Builder().proxy(proxy).build(); String url = "https://rinkeby.infura.io/v3/<API-KEY>"; web3 = Web3j.build(new HttpService(url, client, true));