Detect network connection type on Android

Question

How do you detect the network connection type on Android?

Is it through ConnectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo().getType(), and is the answer limited

Answer 1

Shown below different ways to do that. Please, note that there are a lot of network types in ConnectivityManager class. Also, if API >= 21, you can check the network types in NetworkCapabilities class.

    ConnectivityMonitor connectivityMonitor = ConnectivityMonitor.getInstance(this);
    boolean isWiFiConnected = connectivityMonitor.isWifiConnection();
    boolean isMobileConnected = connectivityMonitor.isConnected(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE);
    Log.e(TAG, "onCreate: isWiFiConnected " + isWiFiConnected);
    Log.e(TAG, "onCreate: isMobileConnected " + isMobileConnected);
    ConnectivityMonitor.Listener connectivityListener = new ConnectivityMonitor.Listener() {
        @Override
        public void onConnectivityChanged(boolean connected, @Nullable NetworkInfo networkInfo) {
            Log.e(TAG, "onConnectivityChanged: connected " + connected);
            Log.e(TAG, "onConnectivityChanged: networkInfo " + networkInfo);
            if (networkInfo != null) {
                boolean isWiFiConnected = networkInfo.getType() == NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_WIFI;
                boolean isMobileConnected = networkInfo.getType() == NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_CELLULAR;
                Log.e(TAG, "onConnectivityChanged: isWiFiConnected " + isWiFiConnected);
                Log.e(TAG, "onConnectivityChanged: isMobileConnected " + isMobileConnected);
            }
        }
    };
    connectivityMonitor.addListener(connectivityListener);