Question

I have a method to check for internet connectivity within the device.The method always throws exception even though the mobile is connected to wifi/gprs. Do i need to add any
permission within xml or is the code gone wrong

public boolean checkConnectivity(String url)  {     

        try{                

            HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection)new URL(url).openConnection();
            conn.setRequestMethod("HEAD");

                if(conn.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
                        return true;
                }else{
                        return false;
                }

        }catch(Exception e) {
                System.out.println("myhttp exception");
                return false;
        }                           
}

Answer 1

Add this to the manifest file:

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