It would be nice if the documentation at least described that it can
return null
On Aug 16, 1:17 pm, darrinps <darri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know why when you advance your phone's date, say three
> months, into the future that the
> connectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo() returns null?
>
> I have code in my application like this
>
> NetworkInfo networkInfo = connectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo();
>
> After setting the date into the future, networkInfo is ALWAYS null.
>
> Looking at the Android source I see this:
>
> public NetworkInfo getActiveNetworkInfo() {
> try {
> return mService.getActiveNetworkInfo();
> } catch (RemoteException e) {
> return null;
> }
> }
>
> I guess this isn't a big issue, but as you cannot guarantee that the
> user has their phone set to automatic date/time update, you can see
> where it could be a problem.
>
> Anyone else see this or know why it occurs? To reproduce it just
> execute the above code after you set your phone's date up three
> months.
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