Just like in Google Play Store you have an option to only update the apps over Wifi and not over Mobile Data connection i.e " Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only." or an option to Update apps through both Mobile and Wifi
I am developing an applications that will download some media files from a server but i want to enable an option that the user can toggle if they want to only download over wifi or download through both Any help/suggestion will be welcome
You should look at this guide on network usage management.
You can use NetworkInfo to achieve what you're looking for:
NetworkInfo: Describes the status of a network interface of a given type (currently either Mobile or Wi-Fi).
private static final String DEBUG_TAG = "NetworkStatusExample";
...
ConnectivityManager connMgr = (ConnectivityManager)
getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
NetworkInfo networkInfo = connMgr.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI);
boolean isWifiConn = networkInfo.isConnected();
networkInfo = connMgr.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE);
boolean isMobileConn = networkInfo.isConnected();
Log.d(DEBUG_TAG, "Wifi connected: " + isWifiConn);
Log.d(DEBUG_TAG, "Mobile connected: " + isMobileConn);
If the user chose to download only over Wi-Fi, you can reject the operation when the network used is not Wi-Fi.
You can try JobScheduler and define the network type from JobInfo
Simple guide here
JobInfo job = new JobInfo.Builder(JOB_ID, new ComponentName(this, UpdateJobService.class))
.setRequiredNetworkType(JobInfo.TRANSPORT_WIFI)
.setRequiresCharging(true)
.build();
