How to check internet access on Android? InetAddress never times out

Question

I got a AsyncTask that is supposed to check the network access to a host name. But the doInBackground() is never timed out. Anyone have a clue?

Answer 1

check this code... it worked for me :)

public static void isNetworkAvailable(final Handler handler, final int timeout) {
    // ask fo message '0' (not connected) or '1' (connected) on 'handler'
    // the answer must be send before before within the 'timeout' (in milliseconds)

    new Thread() {
        private boolean responded = false;   
        @Override
        public void run() { 
            // set 'responded' to TRUE if is able to connect with google mobile (responds fast) 
            new Thread() {      
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    HttpGet requestForTest = new HttpGet("http://m.google.com");
                    try {
                        new DefaultHttpClient().execute(requestForTest); // can last...
                        responded = true;
                    } 
                    catch (Exception e) {
                    }
                } 
            }.start();

            try {
                int waited = 0;
                while(!responded && (waited < timeout)) {
                    sleep(100);
                    if(!responded ) { 
                        waited += 100;
                    }
                }
            } 
            catch(InterruptedException e) {} // do nothing 
            finally { 
                if (!responded) { handler.sendEmptyMessage(0); } 
                else { handler.sendEmptyMessage(1); }
            }
        }
    }.start();
}

Then, I define the handler:

Handler h = new Handler() {
    @Override
    public void handleMessage(Message msg) {

        if (msg.what != 1) { // code if not connected

        } else { // code if connected

        }   
    }
};

...and launch the test:

isNetworkAvailable(h,2000); // get the answser within 2000 ms