I need to get the network from which device was disconnected.
Now I use:
NetworkInfo ni =intent.getParcelableExtra(ConnectivityManager.EXTRA_NETWORK_INFO);
And check:
ni.isConnected()
if this returns false ni - is the network from which the device was disconnected.
But ConnectivityManager.EXTRA_NETWORK_INFO
is deprecated in API 14. Google says use getActiveNetworkInfo() to get network information. But getActiveNetworkInfo() always returns network with which the device is connected now (isConnected()
must return true)!
How do I get the network info for the network the device disconnected from without using ConnectivityManager.EXTRA_NETWORK_INFO?
Sertorio Noronha, when I use getActiveNetworkInfo() I only get the network to which I am connected now! But I need to get the network from which I was disconnected.
ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager)
context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
NetworkInfo n1 = cm.getActiveNetworkInfo();
Log.d("tets", String.format("%s: %s", n1.getTypeName(), n1.isConnected()));
When I disconnect from WI-FI and connect to 3G in log:
mobile: true
mobile: true
When I disconnect from 3G and connect to WI-FI in log:
WIFI: true
WIFI: true
WIFI: true
getActiveNetworkInfo returns only the network connected to now, but does not return the network from which I was disconnected.
If I use deprecated intent.getParcelableExtra(ConnectivityManager.EXTRA_NETWORK_INFO) in log I see:
When I disconnect from WI-FI and connect to 3G:
WIFI: false
mobile: true
When I disconnect from 3G and connect to WI-FI:
mobile: false
WIFI: true
But I do not want to use deprecated api. How to use modern api to get network from which I was disconnected?
You can use the following
ConnectivityManager connectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager)context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
int networkType = intent.getParcelableExtra(ConnectivityManager.EXTRA_NETWORK_TYPE);
boolean isWiFi = networkType == ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI;
boolean isMobile = networkType == ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE;
NetworkInfo networkInfo = connectivityManager.getNetworkInfo(networkType);
boolean isConnected = networkInfo.isConnected();
if (isWiFi) {
if (isConnected) {
Log.i("APP_TAG", "Wi-Fi - CONNECTED");
} else {
Log.i("APP_TAG", "Wi-Fi - DISCONNECTED");
}
} else if (isMobile) {
if (isConnected) {
Log.i("APP_TAG", "Mobile - CONNECTED");
} else {
Log.i("APP_TAG", "Mobile - DISCONNECTED");
}
} else {
if (isConnected) {
Log.i("APP_TAG", networkInfo.getTypeName() + " - CONNECTED");
} else {
Log.i("APP_TAG", networkInfo.getTypeName() + " - DISCONNECTED");
}
}