universum.studios.android.device.connection

Class ConnectionUtils

java.lang.Object

universum.studios.android.device.connection.ConnectionUtils

public final class ConnectionUtils
extends Object

Connection utility class specifying API allowing to check whether the Android device has some network connection established or to access info of the current established network connection.

Author:

Martin Albedinsky

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	isConnectionAvailable(android.content.Context context, int connectionType) Checks whether there is connection of the requested connectionType available or not.
static boolean	isConnectionEstablished(android.content.Context context) Checks whether there is some connection currently established or not.
static boolean	isConnectionEstablished(android.content.Context context, int connectionType) Checks whether there is connection of the requested connectionType currently established or not.
static android.net.NetworkInfo	obtainEstablishedConnectionInfo(android.content.Context context) Obtains info of the currently established connection.
static int	obtainEstablishedConnectionType(android.content.Context context) Obtains type of the currently established connection.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

isConnectionEstablished

public static boolean isConnectionEstablished(android.content.Context context)

Checks whether there is some connection currently established or not.

See ConnectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo() for additional info.

Parameters:

context - Context used to access ConnectivityManager.

Returns:

True if there is some connection available and it is currently established, false otherwise.

See Also:

isConnectionEstablished(Context, int)

isConnectionEstablished

public static boolean isConnectionEstablished(android.content.Context context,
                                              int connectionType)

Checks whether there is connection of the requested connectionType currently established or not.

See NetworkInfo.isConnected() for additional info.

Parameters:

context - Context used to access ConnectivityManager.

connectionType - Type of the desired connection of which current connectivity to check.

Returns:

True if there is connection of the requested type available and it is currently established, false otherwise.

See Also:

isConnectionEstablished(Context), isConnectionAvailable(Context, int)

isConnectionAvailable

public static boolean isConnectionAvailable(android.content.Context context,
                                            int connectionType)

Checks whether there is connection of the requested connectionType available or not.

See NetworkInfo.isAvailable() for additional info.

Parameters:

context - Context used to access ConnectivityManager.

connectionType - Type of the desired connection of which availability to check.

Returns:

True if connection of the requested type available, false otherwise.

See Also:

isConnectionEstablished(Context, int)

obtainEstablishedConnectionType

public static int obtainEstablishedConnectionType(android.content.Context context)

Obtains type of the currently established connection.

See ConnectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo() for additional info.

Parameters:

context - Context used to access ConnectivityManager.

Returns:

Type provided by ConnectivityManager or -1 if there is no connection currently established.

See Also:

obtainEstablishedConnectionInfo(Context), isConnectionEstablished(Context)

obtainEstablishedConnectionInfo

public static android.net.NetworkInfo obtainEstablishedConnectionInfo(android.content.Context context)

Obtains info of the currently established connection.

Parameters:

context - Context used to access ConnectivityManager.

Returns:

Info provided by ConnectivityManager or null if there is on connection currently established.

See Also:

obtainEstablishedConnectionType(Context), isConnectionEstablished(Context)