to check whether your phone is connected to the Internet, use the following code:
these lines check for internet connection whether it is through WiFi or Mobile Internet.
you need to add the following permission to the AndroidManifest.xml file
Another method is what our freind Kevin mentioned in the comments, is to check if a certain website is reachable or not like this:
we check if a site is reachable within a certain timeout or not.
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ConnectivityManager con=(ConnectivityManager)getSystemService(Activity.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
boolean wifi=con.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI).isConnectedOrConnecting();
boolean internet=con.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE).isConnectedOrConnecting();
these lines check for internet connection whether it is through WiFi or Mobile Internet.
you need to add the following permission to the AndroidManifest.xml file
<uses-permission android_name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
Another method is what our freind Kevin mentioned in the comments, is to check if a certain website is reachable or not like this:
public static boolean isOnline() {
try {
InetAddress.getByName("google.ca").isReachable(3);
return true;
} catch (UnknownHostException e){
return false;
} catch (IOException e){
return false;
}
}
we check if a site is reachable within a certain timeout or not.
