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

You can iterate over all network connections and chek whether there is at least one available connection:

public boolean isConnected() {
    boolean connected = false;

    ConnectivityManager cm = 
        (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);

    if (cm != null) {
        NetworkInfo[] netInfo = cm.getAllNetworkInfo();

        for (NetworkInfo ni : netInfo) {
            if ((ni.getTypeName().equalsIgnoreCase("WIFI")
                    || ni.getTypeName().equalsIgnoreCase("MOBILE"))
                    && ni.isConnected() && ni.isAvailable()) {
                connected = true;
            }

        }
    }

    return connected;
}

Answer 2

You can use this method to detect network availability-

public static boolean isDeviceOnline(Context context) {
        boolean isConnectionAvail = false;
        try {
            ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) context
                    .getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
            NetworkInfo netInfo = cm.getActiveNetworkInfo();
            return netInfo.isConnected();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return isConnectionAvail;
    }

Answer 3

To get getActiveNetworkInfo() to work you need to add the following to the manifest.

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

Answer 4

Kotlin and coroutines

I have placed the function in a ViewModel, which has the viewModelScope. Using an observable LiveData I inform an activity about the connection.

ViewModel

 fun checkInternetConnection() {
        viewModelScope.launch {
            withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
                try {
                    val timeoutMs = 3000
                    val socket = Socket()
                    val socketAddress = InetSocketAddress("8.8.8.8", 53)

                    socket.connect(socketAddress, timeoutMs)
                    socket.close()

                    withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
                        _connection.value = true
                    }
                }
                catch(ex: IOException) {
                    withContext(Main) {
                        _connection.value = false
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

 private val _connection = MutableLiveData<Boolean>()
 val connection: LiveData<Boolean> = _connection

Activity

 private fun checkInternetConnection() {
     viewModel.connection.observe(this) { hasInternet ->
         if(!hasInternet) {
             //hasn't connection
         }
         else {
            //has connection
         }
     }
  }

Answer 5

This is covered in android docs http://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/connectivity-monitoring.html

Answer 6

public class Network {

Context context;

public Network(Context context){
    this.context = context;
}

public boolean isOnline() {
    ConnectivityManager cm =
            (ConnectivityManager)context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);

    NetworkInfo activeNetwork = cm.getActiveNetworkInfo();
    return activeNetwork != null &&
                          activeNetwork.isConnectedOrConnecting();
}

}