connectivity

I am loading url in android webview using below code webviewShowPost.loadUrl(URL); I want to check if no data connectivity available then webview instead of showing blank view, I can display Toast of no connectivity. Thanks public static boolean isOnline(Context context) { try { ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) context .getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE); if (cm.getActiveNetworkInfo().isConnectedOrConnecting()) { URL url = new URL("http://www.google.com.pk/"); HttpURLConnection urlc = (HttpURLConnection) url .openConnection(); urlc.setConnectTimeout(1000); // mTimeout

I'll get straight onto some facts/figures I discovered pls help me if you've faced/solved a similar problem. I send back data every 5 minutes to a server unless the user manually toggles it Off with the help of a wakeful broadcast receiver through a intent service . Plus I get wifi locks before doing (I've tried this already without locks; doesnt work either) Now on devices sending back data from regular data networks (2G/3G/4G) this works fine but on those connected to a wifi network somehow gets me a getActiveNetworkInfo() as null (Even directly hitting the web URL gives a hostname not found

I have a service that runs upon boot completion. This service requires internet connectivity. What's the best practice for waiting for the device to connect to the internet? Mobile of wifi doesn't really matter. My current solution involves a while loop that just checks ConnectivityManager until one of the networks becomes available, but this feels vulgar. Is there a better way to do this? Mr_and_Mrs_D but this feels vulgar Indeed :D Your receiver wakes your wakeful intent service (probably a simple intent service would do, as the phone does not sleep while booting AFAIK) service registers a

I am trying to change the network state of the device from the source code. I observed that there is a permission to grant to the applications for changing the network state i.e., CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE. But I am not able to find any example or code that can change the network state of a device. Please let me know if anyone knows or have an example to change the network state of a device. Regards, SSuman185 Suman This code is working. I got it from here . private void setMobileDataEnabled(Context context, boolean enabled) { try { final ConnectivityManager conman = (ConnectivityManager) context