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DeviceNetworkInformation.IsNetworkAvailable Property

July 26, 2012

Gets a value that indicates whether the network is available.

Namespace: Microsoft.Phone.Net.NetworkInformation
Assembly: Microsoft.Phone (in Microsoft.Phone.dll)

public static bool IsNetworkAvailable { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if there is at least one network interface available; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The network interface must be available and connected.

Examples

The following example demonstrates getting the value of the IsNetworkAvailable property and displaying it in a message box. In this example, you put the code in a button click event for testing purposes only. In your own applications, you can access the IsNetworkAvailable property wherever you need it.

This example assumes that you have a Windows Phone application with a button named button1. This example also assumes that you have added the following statement to your code window.

using Microsoft.Phone.Net.NetworkInformation;

private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();

    sb.Append("Network available:  ");
    sb.AppendLine(DeviceNetworkInformation.IsNetworkAvailable.ToString());

    sb.Append("Cellular enabled:  ");
    sb.AppendLine(DeviceNetworkInformation.IsCellularDataEnabled.ToString());

    sb.Append("Roaming enabled:  ");
    sb.AppendLine(DeviceNetworkInformation.IsCellularDataRoamingEnabled.ToString());

    sb.Append("Wi-Fi enabled:  ");
    sb.AppendLine(DeviceNetworkInformation.IsWiFiEnabled.ToString());

    MessageBox.Show(sb.ToString());
}

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 7.1

Platforms

Windows Phone

Reference

DeviceNetworkInformation Class

Microsoft.Phone.Net.NetworkInformation Namespace

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