Is your app really connected?
summary
Covers techniques for detecting and responding to network and Internet connectivity on Android across recent OS versions, including handling offline usage, distinguishing Wi‑Fi vs mobile data for sync decisions, and reducing power consumption. Describes approaches to track connectivity changes and avoid infinite loading indicators in apps.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 5:06Lollipop arrives!
- 6:08Marshmallow arrives!
- 6:37Handling different connection types
- 14:14Filtering connection types
- 14:44Network observing strategies
- 16:58Customization of the Internet connectivity check
- 17:25Chaining stream of network and Internet connectivity
- 20:16Integration with Retrofit
- 22:57Respecting battery stale
- 26:15Is anyone using this library now?
- 30:18Summary
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