I am attempting to check whether there is a network connection. I couldn't find any sample code, whether because it isn't there or because my google-fu is weak, so I came up with the following:



The second line causes an immediate force close upon running the application.

I am rather new to Eclipse, and debuggers in general, but I didn't see anything that looked relevant when I stepped through it.

Do any answers jump out at anyone? Or does anyone have a suggestion for an alternate method to achieve the same goal?

Thank you.

hi.
Did you add this to AndroidManifest.xml?

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />