On the emulator you always have data connectivity. For example with enabling the Airplane mode you can still browse the web (which should not be the case).
I submitted a bug on this (don't remember the bug number). -- Roman Baumgaertner Sr. SW Engineer-OSDC ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Oct 12, 3:29 pm, stanlick <[email protected]> wrote: > This code seems to return true unconditionally. Of course, I suppose > it could be the emulator, but here is the deal. When I switch my wi- > fi off and try using the emulator browser, I get the built-in Android > 404 page. However, when my application tests for a net connection > using the code below, it returns true. > > public boolean iCanHasDataNowKThxBye() { > ConnectivityManager connMgr=(ConnectivityManager) > getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE); > NetworkInfo info=connMgr.getActiveNetworkInfo(); > > return(info!=null && info.isConnected()); > > } > > Scott > > On Aug 21, 6:29 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Guru wrote: > > > /** > > > * Checks whether the device is able to connect to the network > > > * @param context > > > * @return > > > */ > > > public static boolean isNetworkAvailable(Context context) { > > > > ConnectivityManager connectivity = (ConnectivityManager) context > > > .getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE); > > > if (connectivity == null) { > > > Log.w("tag", "couldn't get connectivity manager"); > > > > } else { > > > NetworkInfo[] info = connectivity.getAllNetworkInfo(); > > > > if (info != null) { > > > > for (int i = 0; i < info.length; i++) { > > > > if (info[i].getState() == > > > NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTED) { > > > > return true; > > > > } > > > > } > > > > } > > > } > > > return false; > > > } > > > I have been using: > > > ConnectivityManager > > connMgr=(ConnectivityManager)getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE); > > NetworkInfo info=connMgr.getActiveNetworkInfo(); > > > return(info!=null && info.isConnected()); > > > Are there scenarios where a NetworkInfo other than > > getActiveNetworkInfo() might be connected? > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > Android Development Wiki:http://wiki.andmob.org > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
