How do I check whether a WP8 device uses wifi, mobile plan or roaming to load data

Question

I plan to load only as much data as required in my app. Which means, that when the data is loaded via Wifi, I want to prefetch things. If the data is loaded via mobile plan

Answer 1

Have you tried the System.Net.NetworkInformation namespace on WP8. This package has a static method which returns the network status. You can then switch based on this information

NetworkInterface.NetworkInterfaceType

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