Phonegap network status in windows mobile - windows-phone-7

Question

I have used below function for check network status in windows mobile simulator. It returns "unknown" either ethertnet present or not.
function checkConnection() {
var networkState = navigator.network.connection.type;
var states = {};
states[Connection.UNKNOWN] = 'Unknown connection';
states[Connection.ETHERNET] = 'Ethernet connection';
states[Connection.WIFI] = 'WiFi connection';
states[Connection.CELL_2G] = 'Cell 2G connection';
states[Connection.CELL_3G] = 'Cell 3G connection';
states[Connection.CELL_4G] = 'Cell 4G connection';
states[Connection.NONE] = 'No network connection';
alert('Connection type: ' + states[networkState]);
}
checkConnection();

Answer 1

On Windows Phone, For get The current interface you can use the class 'NetworkInterfaceList' :
NetworkInterfaceInfo CurrentInterface;
var interfacesList = new NetworkInterfaceList();
foreach (NetworkInterfaceInfo specificInterface in interfacesList)
{
CurrentInterface = specificInterface;
break;
}
You can Subscribe to an event for the network changement :
DeviceNetworkInformation.NetworkAvailabilityChanged += NetworkChanged;
private void NetworkChanged(object sender, NetworkNotificationEventArgs e)
{
CurrentInterface = e.NetworkInterface;
}
After get the current interface, you can get the true type of network :
switch (CurrentInterface.InterfaceType)
{
case NetworkInterfaceType.Ethernet:
// ETHERNET (USB connected)
break;
case NetworkInterfaceType.MobileBroadbandCdma:
switch (pNetworkInterfaceInfo.InterfaceSubtype)
{
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_GPRS:
// 2G
break;
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_EDGE:
// 2GP
break;
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_EVDO:
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_EVDV:
// ?
break;
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_1XRTT:
// ?
break;
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_3G:
// 3G
break;
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_HSPA:
// 3GP
break;
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Unknown:
// Unknonwn ? 4G is Unknown.
break;
}
break;
case NetworkInterfaceType.MobileBroadbandGsm:
switch (pNetworkInterfaceInfo.InterfaceSubtype)
{
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_GPRS:
// 2G
break;
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_EDGE:
// 2GP
break;
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_EVDO:
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_EVDV:
// ??
break;
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_1XRTT:
// ??
break;
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_3G:
// 3G
break;
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Cellular_HSPA:
// 3GP
break;
case NetworkInterfaceSubType.Unknown:
// Unknown? 4G is Unknown
break;
}
break;
case NetworkInterfaceType.Wireless80211:
// WIFI
break;
}
Note that with a Windows Phone 7 project, We haven't a "4G type", When I test the 4G with a device, The NetworkInterfaceType is unknown... but, if we have a network problems in 32G or 3G, is Unknown too..
I've not test with a Windows Phone 8 project, but, in theory, that works in 4G.
Also, you can have more details on the Networks type here.
PS: For test the network, there is nothing better than testing with a real device, and therefore, a real network.