how to check if wifi is really connected in Android

Question

I'd like my android device to connect to a wifi hotspot. I created a new wificonfiguration and add it into the wifimanager, this wificonfiguration has NetworkId.Then I invoke the function wifi.enableNetwork(NetworkId, true).

After that, I think the supplicant will go through obtaining ip address, authentication, and at last physically connect to the hotspot. So is there a way to identify if the wifi is physically connected or not?

I would prefer a handler-like method.

Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3841317/how-to-see-if-wifi-is-connected-in-android — Edward Falk, Nov 13 '15 at 05:24
Check this answer. It is working for me. https://stackoverflow.com/a/63605041/11696949 — Zeeshan Fareed, Aug 26 '20 at 20:11

Krauxe · Answer 1 · 2013-05-16T05:03:21.300

You can try this:

ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
NetworkInfo wifi = cm.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI);

if (wifi.isConnected()) {
    // Your code here
}

Edit: More details:

Register a BroadcastReceiver in your manifest like so:

<receiver android:name="WifiReceiver">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE"/>
        <action android:name="android.net.wifi.STATE_CHANGE"/>
    </intent-filter>
</receiver>

Then put the code above on the onReceive() method of your receiver like so:

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, final Intent intent) {
    ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
    NetworkInfo wifi = cm.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI);

    if (wifi.isConnected()) {
        // Your code here
    }
}

really nice!and thanks for the broadcastReceiver info. – Adrian Feb 04 '14 at 07:36 — Adrian, Feb 04 '14 at 07:36
Please note that cm.getNetworkInfo is now deprecated. – Quentin S. Sep 27 '15 at 09:47 — Quentin S., Sep 27 '15 at 09:47

Sandeep · Answer 2 · 2013-11-19T09:27:52.740

You can check all the network. If you only want WIFI you can remove checking other 2 network.

public static boolean hasInternetConnection()
{
    ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
    NetworkInfo wifiNetwork = cm.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI);
    if (wifiNetwork != null && wifiNetwork.isConnected())
    {
        return true;
    }
    NetworkInfo mobileNetwork = cm.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE);
    if (mobileNetwork != null && mobileNetwork.isConnected())
    {
        return true;
    }
    NetworkInfo activeNetwork = cm.getActiveNetworkInfo();
    if (activeNetwork != null && activeNetwork.isConnected())
    {
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

Don't forget to add following in manifest:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />

Do you really need the `ACCESS_WIFI_STATE` permission for this? It is working on my device without that. — ban-geoengineering, Nov 18 '14 at 08:17

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 22 '13 at 18:17

This may help you .

public static boolean isInternetAvailable(Context context) {
    boolean haveConnectedWifi = false;
    boolean haveConnectedMobile = false;
    boolean connectionavailable = false;
    ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) context
            .getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
    NetworkInfo[] netInfo = cm.getAllNetworkInfo();
    NetworkInfo informationabtnet = cm.getActiveNetworkInfo();
    for (NetworkInfo ni : netInfo) {
        try {
            if (ni.getTypeName().equalsIgnoreCase("WIFI"))
                if (ni.isConnected()) haveConnectedWifi = true;
            if (ni.getTypeName().equalsIgnoreCase("MOBILE"))
                if (ni.isConnected()) haveConnectedMobile = true;
            if (informationabtnet.isAvailable()
                && informationabtnet.isConnected())
                connectionavailable = true;
            Log.i("ConnectionAvailable", "" + connectionavailable);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Inside utils catch clause , exception is"
                + e.toString());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    return haveConnectedWifi || haveConnectedMobile;
}

RayChongJH · Answer 4 · 2017-06-12T07:27:22.590

getNetworkInfo(int) method is deprecated. You can apply something like this

 ConnectivityManager connectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
    NetworkInfo activeNetwork = connectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo();
    if (activeNetwork != null) { 
        // connected to the internet
        if (activeNetwork.getType() == ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI) {
            // connected to wifi

        } else if (activeNetwork.getType() == ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE) {
            // connected to the mobile network
        }
    } else {
        // not connected to the internet
    }

Also, please add this permission under AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

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