Check for Internet connection using the iOS SDK [duplicate]

Question

Which is the best way to check the Internet connection using the iOS SDK?

Answer 1

Reachability has a lot more to it than it needs, plus it hasn't been updated for ARC yet.

Here's my solution in pure C. Much of the code was taken directly from Reachability, but distilled down to only what is necessary. I only wanted it to return whether there was or wasn't an internet connection, but you can read from the comments whether it's returning YES based on having found a Wifi or a Cellular network.

One last note before proceeding to share the code: You need to go into your build target, select the build phases tab, and add "SystemConfiguration.framework" to the "Link Binary With Libraries" list.

#import <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
#import <SystemConfiguration/SystemConfiguration.h>
#import <netdb.h>

BOOL networkReachable()
{
    struct sockaddr_in zeroAddress;
    bzero(&zeroAddress, sizeof(zeroAddress));
    zeroAddress.sin_len = sizeof(zeroAddress);
    zeroAddress.sin_family = AF_INET;

    SCNetworkReachabilityRef reachabilityRef = SCNetworkReachabilityCreateWithAddress(kCFAllocatorDefault, (const struct sockaddr *) &zeroAddress);

    SCNetworkReachabilityFlags flags;
    if (SCNetworkReachabilityGetFlags(reachabilityRef, &flags)) {
        if ((flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsReachable) == 0) {
            // if target host is not reachable
            return NO;
        }

        if ((flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsConnectionRequired) == 0) {
            // if target host is reachable and no connection is required
            //  then we'll assume (for now) that your on Wi-Fi
            return YES; // This is a wifi connection.
        }


        if ((((flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsConnectionOnDemand ) != 0)
            ||(flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsConnectionOnTraffic) != 0)) {
            // ... and the connection is on-demand (or on-traffic) if the
            //     calling application is using the CFSocketStream or higher APIs

            if ((flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsInterventionRequired) == 0) {
                // ... and no [user] intervention is needed
                return YES; // This is a wifi connection.
            }
        }

        if ((flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsIsWWAN) == kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsIsWWAN) {
            // ... but WWAN connections are OK if the calling application
            //     is using the CFNetwork (CFSocketStream?) APIs.
            return YES; // This is a cellular connection.
        }
    }

    return NO;
}

Answer 2

Best way is to use Reachability code. Check here for apple sample code. That has a lot of convenience methods to check internet availability, Wifi/WAN connectivity check etc..

For eg:-

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(networkChanged:) name:kReachabilityChangedNotification object:nil];

reachability = [Reachability reachabilityForInternetConnection];
[reachability startNotifier];

- (void)networkChanged:(NSNotification *)notification
{

  NetworkStatus remoteHostStatus = [reachability currentReachabilityStatus];

  if(remoteHostStatus == NotReachable) { NSLog(@"not reachable");}
  else if (remoteHostStatus == ReachableViaWiFiNetwork) { NSLog(@"wifi"); }
  else if (remoteHostStatus == ReachableViaCarrierDataNetwork) { NSLog(@"carrier"); }
}