Implement Broadcast receiver inside a Service

Question

I want to check Internet connection throughout the run time of my Android application. I tried using services but seems like it is not the best option. Is there any possible

Answer 1

You need not to use Service or BroadCastReceiver for this purpose. Just check Connection status everyTime you need to ping the server.

you can write a method which checks this and returns a boolean(true/false) according to connection status. Below method does the same.

public static boolean isNetworkAvailable(Context mContext) {

        try {
            final ConnectivityManager conn_manager = (ConnectivityManager) mContext
                    .getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
            final NetworkInfo network_info = conn_manager
                    .getActiveNetworkInfo();

            if (network_info != null && network_info.isConnected()) {
                if (network_info.getType() == ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI)
                    return true;
                else if (network_info.getType() == ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE)
                    return true;
            }

        } catch (Exception e) {
            // TODO: handle exception
        }
        return false;

    }