Best way to evaluate connection speed

Question

I\'m developing an app which needs to get music file by streaming for playing live.

In the request song api I can specify the bandwith (eg: 50kbps, 100kbps, 300, 600 or

Answer 1

Detect network connection type on Android

You can check all available options here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.html

This can fix the mobile network type but can't help you with the Wifi speed, you should code it by downloading something from a server you know and calculate the time.

I hope it helps.