Android check internet connection

Question

I want to create an app that uses the internet and I'm trying to create a function that checks if a connection is available and if it isn't, go to an activity that has a retry button and an explanation.

Attached is my code so far, but I'm getting the error Syntax error, insert "}" to complete MethodBody.

Now I have been placing these in trying to get it to work, but so far no luck... Any help would be appreciated.

public class TheEvoStikLeagueActivity extends Activity {
    private final int SPLASH_DISPLAY_LENGHT = 3000;

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
        super.onCreate(icicle);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        private boolean checkInternetConnection() {
            ConnectivityManager conMgr = (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService (Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
            // ARE WE CONNECTED TO THE NET
            if (conMgr.getActiveNetworkInfo() != null
                    && conMgr.getActiveNetworkInfo().isAvailable()
                    && conMgr.getActiveNetworkInfo().isConnected()) {

                return true;

                /* New Handler to start the Menu-Activity
                 * and close this Splash-Screen after some seconds.*/
                new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                    public void run() {
                        /* Create an Intent that will start the Menu-Activity. */
                        Intent mainIntent = new Intent(TheEvoStikLeagueActivity.this, IntroActivity.class);
                        TheEvoStikLeagueActivity.this.startActivity(mainIntent);
                        TheEvoStikLeagueActivity.this.finish();
                    }
                }, SPLASH_DISPLAY_LENGHT);
            } else {
                return false;

                Intent connectionIntent = new Intent(TheEvoStikLeagueActivity.this, HomeActivity.class);
                TheEvoStikLeagueActivity.this.startActivity(connectionIntent);
                TheEvoStikLeagueActivity.this.finish();
            }
        }
    }

Answer 1

This method checks whether mobile is connected to internet and returns true if connected:

private boolean isNetworkConnected() {
    ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);

    return cm.getActiveNetworkInfo() != null && cm.getActiveNetworkInfo().isConnected();
}

in manifest,

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

Edit: This method actually checks if device is connected to internet(There is a possibility it's connected to a network but not to internet).

public boolean isInternetAvailable() {
    try {
        InetAddress ipAddr = InetAddress.getByName("google.com"); 
        //You can replace it with your name
            return !ipAddr.equals("");

        } catch (Exception e) {
            return false;
    }
}