How to use NetworkReachabilityManager in Alamofire

Question

I want functionality similar to AFNetworking in Objective-C with Alamofire NetworkReachabilityManager in Swift:

//Reachability detection
[[AFNet         


        

Answer 1

Using a singleton is working as I long as you keep a reference of reachabilityManager

class NetworkStatus {
static let sharedInstance = NetworkStatus()

private init() {}

let reachabilityManager = Alamofire.NetworkReachabilityManager(host: "www.apple.com")

func startNetworkReachabilityObserver() {
    reachabilityManager?.listener = { status in

        switch status {

        case .notReachable:
            print("The network is not reachable")

        case .unknown :
            print("It is unknown whether the network is reachable")

        case .reachable(.ethernetOrWiFi):
            print("The network is reachable over the WiFi connection")

        case .reachable(.wwan):
            print("The network is reachable over the WWAN connection")

        }
    }
    reachabilityManager?.startListening()
}

So you can use it like this anywhere in your app:

let networkStatus = NetworkStatus.sharedInstance

override func awakeFromNib() {
    super.awakeFromNib()
    networkStatus.startNetworkReachabilityObserver()
}

You will be notified of any change in your network status. Just for icing on the cake this is a very good animation to show on your internet connection loss.