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Check for an active Internet Connection on iPhone SDK !!!

Internet Connection on iPhone

METHOD 1: Use a simple (ARC and GCD compatible) class to do it

1) Add SystemConfiguration framework to the project but don’t worry about including it anywhere

2) Add Tony Million’s version of Reachability.h and Reachability.m to the project (found here: https://github.com/tonymillion/Reachability)

3) Update the interface section

#import “Reachability.h”

// Add this to the interface in the .m file of your view controller
@interface MyViewController ()
{
Reachability *internetReachableFoo;
}
@end
4) Then implement this method in the .m file of your view controller which you can call

// Checks if we have an internet connection or not
– (void)testInternetConnection
{
internetReachableFoo = [Reachability reachabilityWithHostname:@”www.google.com”];

// Internet is reachable
internetReachableFoo.reachableBlock = ^(Reachability*reach)
{
// Update the UI on the main thread
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
NSLog(@”Y, we have the interwebs!”);
});
};

// Internet is not reachable
internetReachableFoo.unreachableBlock = ^(Reachability*reach)
{
// Update the UI on the main thread
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
NSLog(@”Someone broke the internet :(“);
});
};

[internetReachableFoo startNotifier];
}

METHOD 2: Do it yourself the old way using Apple’s Reachability class

1) Add SystemConfiguration framework to the project but don’t worry about including it anywhere

2) Add Apple’s version of Reachability.h and Reachability.m to the project (you can get those here)

3) Add @class Reachability; to the .h file of where you are implementing the code

4) Create a couple instances to check in the interface section of the .h file:

Reachability* internetReachable;

Reachability* hostReachable;
5) Add a method in the .h for when the network status updates:

-(void) checkNetworkStatus:(NSNotification *)notice;
6) Add #import “Reachability.h” to the .m file where you are implementing the check

7) In the .m file of where you are implementing the check, you can place this in one of the first methods called (init or viewWillAppear or viewDidLoad etc):

-(void) viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
// check for internet connection
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(checkNetworkStatus:) name:kReachabilityChangedNotification object:nil];

internetReachable = [Reachability reachabilityForInternetConnection];
[internetReachable startNotifier];

// check if a pathway to a random host exists
hostReachable = [Reachability reachabilityWithHostName:@”www.apple.com”];
[hostReachable startNotifier];

// now patiently wait for the notification
}
8) Set up the method for when the notification gets sent and set whatever checks or call whatever methods you may have set up (in my case, I just set a BOOL)

-(void) checkNetworkStatus:(NSNotification *)notice
{
// called after network status changes
NetworkStatus internetStatus = [internetReachable currentReachabilityStatus];
switch (internetStatus)
{
case NotReachable:
{
NSLog(@”The internet is down.”);
self.internetActive = NO;

break;
}
case ReachableViaWiFi:
{
NSLog(@”The internet is working via WIFI.”);
self.internetActive = YES;

break;
}
case ReachableViaWWAN:
{
NSLog(@”The internet is working via WWAN.”);
self.internetActive = YES;

break;
}
}

NetworkStatus hostStatus = [hostReachable currentReachabilityStatus];
switch (hostStatus)
{
case NotReachable:
{
NSLog(@”A gateway to the host server is down.”);
self.hostActive = NO;

break;
}
case ReachableViaWiFi:
{
NSLog(@”A gateway to the host server is working via WIFI.”);
self.hostActive = YES;

break;
}
case ReachableViaWWAN:
{
NSLog(@”A gateway to the host server is working via WWAN.”);
self.hostActive = YES;

break;
}
}
}
9) In your dealloc or viewWillDisappear or similar method, remove yourself as an observer

-(void) viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}
Note: There might be an instance using viewWillDisappear where you receive a memory warning and the observer never gets unregistered so you should account for that as well.

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