check internet connection in cocoa application

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How do I check internet connection in an OS X cocoa application? Can Apple's iOS Reachability example code be reused for this purpose?

Thanks,

Nava

This isn't a particularly great solution, which is why I'm listing it as a comment instead of as an answer, but if you set a `WebView`'s `frameLoadDelegate`, it'll receive when a `provisionalLoadError` occurs, which is pretty much immediate if there's no web connection. Since I'm using a `WebView` (from the `WebKit.framework`) anyways, I'm just throwing up an error message as soon as it gets the `provisionalLoadError`. — ArtOfWarfare, May 12 '13 at 04:02

score 19 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 13 '12 at 01:26

The current version of Reachability code (2.2) listed on Apple's site and referenced above does NOT compile as-is for a Mac OS X Cocoa application. The constant kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsIsWWAN is only available when compiling for TARGET_OS_IPHONE and Reachability.m references that constant. You will need to #ifdef the two locations in Reachability.m that reference it like below:

#if TARGET_OS_IPHONE
      (flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsIsWWAN)               ? 'W' : '-',
#else
      0,
#endif

and

#if TARGET_OS_IPHONE
if ((flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsIsWWAN) == kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsIsWWAN)
{
    // ... but WWAN connections are OK if the calling application
    //     is using the CFNetwork (CFSocketStream?) APIs.
    retVal = ReachableViaWWAN;
}
#endif

@dbainbridge you want `'-',`, not `0,` above. – craig65535 Feb 28 '18 at 04:16 — craig65535, Feb 28 '18 at 04:16

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '10 at 09:03

10

This code will help you to find if internet is reachable or not:

-(BOOL)isInternetAvail
{
    BOOL bRet = FALSE;
    const char *hostName = [@"google.com" cStringUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
    SCNetworkConnectionFlags flags = 0;

    if (SCNetworkCheckReachabilityByName(hostName, &flags) && flags > 0) 
    {
        if (flags == kSCNetworkFlagsReachable)
        {
            bRet = TRUE;
        }
        else
        {
        }
    }
    else 
    {
    }
    return bRet;
}

For more information you can look at the iphone-reachability

answered Jun 08 '10 at 09:03

Unicorn

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This will work for cocoa. For iphone you might have replace the flags and method name based on SDK documentation. – Unicorn Jun 08 '10 at 09:25
This function is deprecated, see my answer for the equivalent solution proposed by Apple. – Paul N May 11 '12 at 16:14

score 7 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 07 '15 at 06:54

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Unicorn's solution is deprecated, but you can get equivalent results using the following code:

SCNetworkReachabilityRef target;

SCNetworkConnectionFlags flags = 0;

Boolean ok;

target = SCNetworkReachabilityCreateWithName(NULL, hostName);

ok = SCNetworkReachabilityGetFlags(target, &flags);

CFRelease(target);

edited Feb 07 '15 at 06:54

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answered May 11 '12 at 16:16

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What frameworks are required for this? I can't compile it in my app with just the Cocoa and WebKit frameworks included in my app. – ArtOfWarfare May 09 '13 at 13:41
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Once you get the flags: On my Mac, the flags show kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsReachable even when Airport is off and there is no direct connection -- **the "reachability" flag alone means nothing**. What seems to work is this: For WiFi, check if `(flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsIsDirect)`. For a plugged-in Internet connection, check if `(flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsIsLocalAddress)`. Also, when there is no connection at all, the flags for `kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsTransientConnection` and `kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsConnectionRequired` show up. – Wienke Aug 21 '13 at 18:57

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 08 '10 at 12:19

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Apple has a nice code which does it for you. You can check if your connection is WiFi for instnace or just cell/WiFi. link text

answered Jun 08 '10 at 12:19

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Yes, I'm using this for checking the connectivity for iPhone. My question was whether it will work for regular cocoa application either – Nava Carmon Jun 08 '10 at 15:56
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/samplecode/Reachability/Introduction/Intro.html says: Runtime Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5.3, iPhone OS 3.0, so my guess is yes. – krzyspmac Jun 09 '10 at 10:02
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The sample in this link is for iOS ONLY. This dont compile in OSX. If you look to the code there are "UITextFields" and other 'UI' stuf all over the place. The 'Reachability' class wont work also as @dbainbridge explain in your post. – Bruno Berisso Aug 31 '11 at 13:26

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 18 '18 at 18:16

I know this is an old thread but for anyone running into this in 2018, there's an simpler and quicker solution using a Process and the ping command.

Swift 4 example:

func ping(_ host: String) -> Int32 {
    let process = Process.launchedProcess(launchPath: "/sbin/ping", arguments: ["-c1", host])
    process.waitUntilExit()
    return process.terminationStatus
}

let internetAvailable = ping("google.com") == 0
print("internetAvailable \(internetAvailable)")

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