netWatch

Simple Android library to notify Android device network changes and react properly.

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Features:

• Detects internet connection changes(Connect / Disconnect)
• Alerts user via a customizable status-bar notification message on connection loos / hides it on connection regain
• Asks for a direct connection(Ping) to a reliable CDN(changeable IP address) to make sure user connected to internet
• Checks connectivity periodically (duration calculated automatically)
• Handles app close and open states
• Changeable messages and drawables

Installation

Step 1. Add this in your root build.gradle at the end of repositories:

allprojects {
		repositories {
			...
			maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
		}
	} 

Step 2. Add the dependency

dependencies {
	        implementation 'com.github.draxdave:netWatch:0.d.6'
	}

Step 3. Register NetWatch

Add below code inside base activity or Application class

 NetWatch.builder(activity)
                .setIcon(R.drawable.ic_signal_wifi_off)
                .setCallBack(new NetworkChangeReceiver_navigator() {
                    @Override
                    public void onConnected(int source) {
                        // do some thing
                    }

                    @Override
                    public View onDisconnected() {
			            // do some other stuff
			            
			            
			            return null;//To display a dialog simply return a custom view or just null to ignore it
                    }
                })
                .setNotificationCancelable(false)
                .build();

Available options

• setIcon : Statusbar notification drawable graphic

• setCallBack : onConnect and onDisconnect callbacks

• setMessage : Statusbar notification message

• setNotificationCancelable : Statusbar notification cancelable

• setNotificationEnabled : Show statusbar notification on disconnect from internet

• setNotificationBuilder : Create your own statusbar notification to show

• unregister : disable NetWatch

• isConnected : get latest internet connection status

• And ...

Extra configs

Target server IP address

Add following line inside string.xml file :

<string name="netwatch_target_ping_server_ip_add">8.8.8.8</string>

Disconnect message text

Add following line inside string.xml file :

<string name="netwatch_lost_connection">No internet connection</string>

Final speech

Feel free to engage! This tiny library have a lot to do obviously . So help it if you liked it. There is always better solutions and libraries so search more and you'll found a better code.
Correct my mistakes and rewrite them in case you found some thing better or a more convenient way to handle issues.

You can use any part of this small library as you wish .