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

I have applied the solution provided by @Levit and created function that will not call the extra Http Request.

It will solve the error Unable to Resolve Host

public static boolean isInternetAvailable(Context context) {
    ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
    NetworkInfo activeNetwork = cm.getActiveNetworkInfo();
    if (activeNetwork == null) return false;

    switch (activeNetwork.getType()) {
        case ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI:
            if ((activeNetwork.getState() == NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTED ||
                    activeNetwork.getState() == NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTING) &&
                    isInternet())
                return true;
            break;
        case ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE:
            if ((activeNetwork.getState() == NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTED ||
                    activeNetwork.getState() == NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTING) &&
                    isInternet())
                return true;
            break;
        default:
            return false;
    }
    return false;
}

private static boolean isInternet() {

    Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
    try {
        Process ipProcess = runtime.exec("/system/bin/ping -c 1 8.8.8.8");
        int exitValue = ipProcess.waitFor();
        Debug.i(exitValue + "");
        return (exitValue == 0);
    } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return false;
}

Now call it like,

if (!isInternetAvailable(getActivity())) {
     //Show message
} else {
     //Perfoem the api request
}