Yes, looking at the log output, it seems the device disables the wireless connection after a few minutes while the phone's sleeping, to save resources I suppose. So I'll just have to code around that, and reset the alarm to try again until the connection is back.
On Feb 5, 1:29 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > Neil, > > That's pretty much how I test too, except my code lacks a check for > isConnected, only for null. > > This is what I get in my app's log: > > NetworkInfo: type: MOBILE[EDGE], state: CONNECTED/CONNECTED, reason: > apnSwitched, extra: internet.mts.ru, roaming: false, failover: false, > isAvailable: true > > Two ideas: > > - Check your phone settings, perhaps yours has some kind of sleep policy > for mobile data; > > - Log the value you get by calling getActiveNetworkInfo into a file, and > examine later. > > -- Kostya > > 05.02.2011 16:20, Neilz пишет: > > > > > Hi Kostya. > > > Yes, the alarm gets called... it's just my own call which stops it > > doing it's task. For example: > > > if(isNetworkAvailable(mContext)){ > > // do stuff... > > } > > > public static boolean isNetworkAvailable(Context context) { > > ConnectivityManager connMgr = (ConnectivityManager) > > context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE); > > NetworkInfo info = connMgr.getActiveNetworkInfo(); > > return(info != null&& info.isConnected()); > > } > > > So this call tells me the network isn't available when the phone's > > asleep. I guess I'll have to try another way of testing for the > > network? > > > On Feb 5, 1:07 pm, Kostya Vasilyev<[email protected]> wrote: > >> 05.02.2011 15:40, Neilz пишет: > > >>> Ok, one problem with this alarm service. > >>> I schedule it for some time in the morning, and when I get up and > >>> check the phone, the alarm didn't get called, because it thinks > >>> there's no network connection. > >> I'm sure the alarm did get called, as the AlarmManager service has > >> nothing to do with networking. > > >>> This is a call I make deliberately (I always check there's a > >>> connection before making the server request)... but why does it think > >>> there's no network when the phone is 'sleeping'? The connection is > >>> still there... > >> Depends on what kind of network connectivity you expect. > > >> In my tests (Moto Milestone), WiFi doesn't get enabled when the phone is > >> woken by an alarm, but the cellular data connection is available > >> immediately. > > >> -- > >> Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget > >> --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com > > -- > Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget > --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
