Actually getting the setting is pretty difficult because it's not a universal setting (CDMA devices don't have a preferred network type setting), so the setting itself isn't exposed in a universal way.
You could try setting up a broadcast receiver for ConnectivityManager.CONNECTIVITY_ACTION and testing to see if the network type has changed and whether it ever switches to 3G using TelephonyManager (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/ telephony/TelephonyManager.html) If you want an example of how to set the receiver up you can find one in the system browser app; http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Browser.git;a=blob;f=src/com/android/browser/BrowserActivity.java;h=5e557893b5b61976ea23860e0d52fc14f1644a82;hb=307bddd3006fd4d0fd8f8c6b63cd781582e6fb09 lines 244-263. Al. On Jul 9, 5:11 pm, Craig <craigme...@gmail.com> wrote: > I support people in my organization who use android phones - I > frequently run into people who have set their device to 2G only to > save battery and forget that they made that choice. Then they call me > at a later date to complain that they aren't getting 3G connections. > I've been looking for a way to write an application on the device that > can pull that metric and send it to me. I'm only able to find an api > for Network the user is currently on - does anyone know if there is a > way to determine if the user has made a preference choice for 2G > only? It's an option in the Wireless menu but I can't seem to find a > way to see if that setting has been chosen. > Thanks for the help > Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
