Internet listener Android example

Question

I am working on an Android app that will continuously remain connected to Internet. If Internet is dow, it should give an appropriate message to the User.

Is there any thing like Internet Listener? Or how to implement this event that whenever Internet connection is not available it should give alert.

Answer 1

Create one Broadcast Receiver for that and register it in manifest file.

First create a new class NetworkStateReceiver and extend BroadcastReceiver.

public class NetworkStateReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
     Log.d("app","Network connectivity change");
     if(intent.getExtras()!=null) {
        NetworkInfo ni=(NetworkInfo) intent.getExtras().get(ConnectivityManager.EXTRA_NETWORK_INFO);
        if(ni!=null && ni.getState()==NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTED) {
            Log.i("app","Network "+ni.getTypeName()+" connected");
        }
     }
     if(intent.getExtras().getBoolean(ConnectivityManager.EXTRA_NO_CONNECTIVITY,Boolean.FALSE)) {
            Log.d("app","There's no network connectivity");
     }
   }
}

Put this code in your AndroidManifest.xml under the "application" element:

<receiver android:name=".NetworkStateReceiver">
   <intent-filter>
      <action android:name="android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE" />
   </intent-filter>
</receiver>

And add this permission

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

EDIT

This code just detects connectivity change but cannot tell whether the network it is connected to has a internet access. Use this method to check that -

public static boolean hasActiveInternetConnection(Context context) {
    if (isNetworkAvailable(context)) {
        try {
            HttpURLConnection urlc = (HttpURLConnection) (new URL("http://www.google.com").openConnection());
            urlc.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Test");
            urlc.setRequestProperty("Connection", "close");
            urlc.setConnectTimeout(1500); 
            urlc.connect();
            return (urlc.getResponseCode() == 200);
        } catch (IOException e) {
        Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Error checking internet connection", e);
        }
    } else {
    Log.d(LOG_TAG, "No network available!");
    }
    return false;
}