Unity check internet connection availability

Question

I am porting our game to Unity, and need some help regarding internet connectivity check in Unity. Official Unity Documentation says 'do not use Application.internetReachability. So i am confused which code will work here. Didn't find any prominent solution in any forum. I want to check whether wi-fi or GPRS is on or not which should work for iOS and Android. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Solution

Application.internetReachability is what you need. In conjunction with Ping, probably.

Here's an example:

using UnityEngine;

public class InternetChecker : MonoBehaviour
{
    private const bool allowCarrierDataNetwork = false;
    private const string pingAddress = "8.8.8.8"; // Google Public DNS server
    private const float waitingTime = 2.0f;

    private Ping ping;
    private float pingStartTime;

    public void Start()
    {
        bool internetPossiblyAvailable;
        switch (Application.internetReachability)
        {
            case NetworkReachability.ReachableViaLocalAreaNetwork:
                internetPossiblyAvailable = true;
                break;
            case NetworkReachability.ReachableViaCarrierDataNetwork:
                internetPossiblyAvailable = allowCarrierDataNetwork;
                break;
            default:
                internetPossiblyAvailable = false;
                break;
        }
        if (!internetPossiblyAvailable)
        {
            InternetIsNotAvailable();
            return;
        }
        ping = new Ping(pingAddress);
        pingStartTime = Time.time;
    }

    public void Update()
    {
        if (ping != null)
        {
            bool stopCheck = true;
            if (ping.isDone)
            {
                if (ping.time >= 0)
                    InternetAvailable();
                else
                    InternetIsNotAvailable();
            }
            else if (Time.time - pingStartTime < waitingTime)
                stopCheck = false;
            else
                InternetIsNotAvailable();
            if (stopCheck)
                ping = null;
        }
    }

    private void InternetIsNotAvailable()
    {
        Debug.Log("No Internet :(");
    }

    private void InternetAvailable()
    {
        Debug.Log("Internet is available! ;)");
    }
}

Things to note

1. Unity's ping doesn't do any domain name resolutions, i.e. it only accepts IP addresses. So, if some player has Internet access but has some DNS problems, the method will say that he has Internet.
2. It's only a ping check. Don't expect it to be 100% accurate. In some rare cases it will provide you with false information.