Detect if Firebase connection is lost/regained

Question

Is there a strategy that would work within the current Firebase offering to detect if the server connection is lost and/or regained?

I\'m considering some offline co

Answer 1

Updated: For many presence-related features, it is useful for a client to know when it is online or offline. Firebase Realtime Database clients provide a special location at /.info/connected which is updated every time the client's connection state changes. Here is an example:

DatabaseReference connectedRef = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference(".info/connected");
connectedRef.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
  @Override
  public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot snapshot) {
    boolean connected = snapshot.getValue(Boolean.class);
    if (connected) {
      System.out.println("connected");
    } else {
      System.out.println("not connected");
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void onCancelled(DatabaseError error) {
    System.err.println("Listener was cancelled");
  }
});