Efficient approach to continuously check whether internet connection is available in Android [duplicate]

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How can I monitor the network connection status in Android?

I need to continuously check whether the internet is connected or not and update the text area accordingly with appropriate message . Now if i create an asynctask it will execute once and stop which is not what I want . I want to check at every moment continuously and obviously this should not be on the main thread .So Service wont be a good choice either . Can anyone help me What is the best and efficient approach to handle this . Thanks

Answer 1

do it with a receiver. you can be notified about network state change. for example,

private BroadcastReceiver networkReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
     super.onReceive(context, intent);
     if(intent.getExtras()!=null) {
        NetworkInfo ni=(NetworkInfo) intent.getExtras().get(ConnectivityManager.EXTRA_NETWORK_INFO);
        if(ni!=null && ni.getState()==NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTED) {
            // we're connected
        }
     }
     // we're not connected 
   }
}

register this in your onResume(), and unregister on onPause().

@Override
protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    unregisterReceiver(networkReceiver);
}

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(ConnectivityManager.CONNECTIVITY_ACTION);
    registerReceiver(networkReceiver, filter);
}

additionally, to obtain the initial state before your receiver has been registered, call this in your onResume() method,

public boolean isNetworkConnected() {
        ConnectivityManager cm =
            (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
        NetworkInfo netInfo = cm.getActiveNetworkInfo();
        if (netInfo != null && netInfo.isConnectedOrConnecting()) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

make sure your app requests this permission,

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

Answer 2

You don't need to constantly ask the OS if there is a network connection. Simply check whether a connection exists in onResume() and then use a BroadcastReceiver to listen for the CONNECTIVITY_ACTION Intent from the ConnectivityManager when the connection is changed and check EXTRA_NO_CONNECTIVITY.