How to respect network use settings in Android

Question

My app performs some backgound data collection and I\'m adding support for the user network preferences, such as performing background updates and data roaming. I have the

Answer 1

The user may change the settings while your background app is running. The API recommends that you listen to the broadcast message:

ConnectivityManager.ACTION_BACKGROUND_DATA_SETTING_CHANGED 

Perhaps you are checking cm.getBackgroundDataSetting() prior to sending data, and I suspect this would be sufficient. However, listening to the broadcast message will let you resume sending background data when the settings are changed.

I believe that either listening to the broadcast message or checking the settings before sending data will suffice. Android docs recommends the former.