Android regular check for internet connection

Question

I\'m running an android app that displays a webview on specific URL, I want to check if the application server I\'m accessing is alive and that I can view HTML, if failed I

Answer 1

The best way is to use an AsyncTask so your app doesn't freezes.

private class checkServer extends AsyncTask {

        @Override
        protected Void doInBackground(Integer... params) {
            questionRunning = true;

            //check if server is running

            //now wait 10.000ms (10sec) 
            try {
                Thread.sleep(params[0]);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
            // Update your layout here
            super.onPostExecute(result);

            //Do it again!
            new checkServer().execute(10000);

        }

        @Override
        protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... progress) {

        }
    }

How to call your AsynTask:

new checkServer().execute(10000);