NetworkRequest
public
class
NetworkRequest
extends Object
implements
Parcelable
| java.lang.Object | |
| ↳ | android.net.NetworkRequest |
An object describing a network that the application is interested in.
@see NetworkRequest.Builder and used to request a network via
ConnectivityManager.requestNetwork or to listen for changes
via the ConnectivityManager.registerNetworkCallback family of
functions.
ConnectivityManager.requestNetwork will try to find a connected
network matching the NetworkRequest, and return it if there is one.
As long as the request is outstanding, the system will try to find the best
possible network that matches the request. The request will keep up the
currently best connected network, and if a better one is found (e.g. cheaper
or faster) the system will bring up that better network to better serve the
request. A request filed with ConnectivityManager.requestNetwork will
only match one network at a time (the one the system thinks is best), even if
other networks can match the request that are being kept up by other requests.
For example, an application needing a network with
NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_INTERNET should use
ConnectivityManager.requestNetwork to request the system keeps one up.
A general cellular network can satisfy this request, but if the system finds
a free Wi-Fi network which is expected to be faster, it will try and connect
to that Wi-Fi network and switch the request over to it once it is connected.
The cell network may stay connected if there are outstanding requests (from
the same app or from other apps on the system) that match the cell network
but not the Wi-Fi network, such as a request with NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_MMS.
When a network is no longer needed to serve any request, the system can
tear it down at any time and usually does so immediately, so make sure to
keep up requests for the networks your app needs.
By contrast, requests filed with ConnectivityManager.registerNetworkCallback
will receive callbacks for all matching networks, and will not cause the system to
keep up the networks they match. Use this to listen to networks that the device is
connected to, but that you don't want the system to keep up for your use case.
Applications build a NetworkRequest and pass it to one of the
ConnectivityManager methods above together with a
ConnectivityManager.NetworkCallback object. The callback
will then start receiving method calls about networks that match
the request.
Networks are brought up and/or matched according to the capabilities
set in the builder. For example, a request with
NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_MMS lets the system match
and/or bring up a network that is capable to send MMS. A request with
NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_METERED matches a network
that doesn't charge the user for usage. See
NetworkCapabilities for a list of capabilities and their
description.
While all capabilities can be matched with the
ConnectivityManager.registerNetworkCallback family of methods,
not all capabilities can be used to request that the system brings
up a network with ConnectivityManager.requestNetwork. For example,
an application cannot use ConnectivityManager.requestNetwork to
ask the system to bring up a network with
NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_CAPTIVE_PORTAL, because the
system won't know if a network has a captive portal before it connects
to that network. Similarly, some capabilities may require a specific
permission or privilege to be requested.
Look up the specific capability and the ConnectivityManager.requestNetwork
method for limitations applicable to each capability.
Also, starting with Build.VERSION_CODES.UPSIDE_DOWN_CAKE, some capabilities
require the application to self-certify by explicitly adding the
PackageManager.PROPERTY_SELF_CERTIFIED_NETWORK_CAPABILITIES
property in the AndroidManifest.xml, which points to an XML resource file. In the
XML resource file, the application declares what kind of network capabilities the application
wants to have.
Here is an example self-certification XML resource file :
<network-capabilities-declaration xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<uses-network-capability android:name="NET_CAPABILITY_PRIORITIZE_LATENCY"/>
<uses-network-capability android:name="NET_CAPABILITY_PRIORITIZE_BANDWIDTH"/>
</network-capabilities-declaration>
Summary
Nested classes | |
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class |
NetworkRequest.Builder
Builder used to create |
Inherited constants |
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Fields | |
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public
static
final
Creator<NetworkRequest> |
CREATOR
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Public methods | |
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boolean
|
canBeSatisfiedBy(NetworkCapabilities nc)
Returns true if and only if the capabilities requested in this NetworkRequest are satisfied
by the provided |
int
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describeContents()
Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation. |
boolean
|
equals(Object obj)
Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. |
int[]
|
getCapabilities()
Gets all the capabilities set on this |
NetworkSpecifier
|
getNetworkSpecifier()
|
Set<Integer>
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getSubscriptionIds()
Gets all the subscription ids set on this |
int[]
|
getTransportTypes()
Gets all the transports set on this |
boolean
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hasCapability(int capability)
|
boolean
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hasTransport(int transportType)
|
int
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hashCode()
Returns a hash code value for the object. |
String
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toString()
Returns a string representation of the object. |
void
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writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags)
Flatten this object in to a Parcel. |
Inherited methods | |
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Fields
Public methods
canBeSatisfiedBy
public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy (NetworkCapabilities nc)
Returns true if and only if the capabilities requested in this NetworkRequest are satisfied
by the provided NetworkCapabilities.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
nc |
NetworkCapabilities: Capabilities that should satisfy this NetworkRequest. null capabilities do not
satisfy any request. |
| Returns | |
|---|---|
boolean |
|
describeContents
public int describeContents ()
Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable
instance's marshaled representation. For example, if the object will
include a file descriptor in the output of writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int),
the return value of this method must include the
CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR bit.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
int |
a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshaled
by this Parcelable object instance.
Value is either 0 or CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR |
equals
public boolean equals (Object obj)
Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
The equals method implements an equivalence relation
on non-null object references:
- It is reflexive: for any non-null reference value
x,x.equals(x)should returntrue. - It is symmetric: for any non-null reference values
xandy,x.equals(y)should returntrueif and only ify.equals(x)returnstrue. - It is transitive: for any non-null reference values
x,y, andz, ifx.equals(y)returnstrueandy.equals(z)returnstrue, thenx.equals(z)should returntrue. - It is consistent: for any non-null reference values
xandy, multiple invocations ofx.equals(y)consistently returntrueor consistently returnfalse, provided no information used inequalscomparisons on the objects is modified. - For any non-null reference value
x,x.equals(null)should returnfalse.
An equivalence relation partitions the elements it operates on into equivalence classes; all the members of an equivalence class are equal to each other. Members of an equivalence class are substitutable for each other, at least for some purposes.
| Parameters | |
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obj |
Object: This value may be null. |
| Returns | |
|---|---|
boolean |
true if this object is the same as the obj
argument; false otherwise. |
getCapabilities
public int[] getCapabilities ()
Gets all the capabilities set on this NetworkRequest instance.
getNetworkSpecifier
public NetworkSpecifier getNetworkSpecifier ()
| Returns | |
|---|---|
NetworkSpecifier |
This value may be null. |
getSubscriptionIds
public Set<Integer> getSubscriptionIds ()
Gets all the subscription ids set on this NetworkRequest instance.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
Set<Integer> |
Set of Integer values for this instance.
This value cannot be null. |
getTransportTypes
public int[] getTransportTypes ()
Gets all the transports set on this NetworkRequest instance.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
int[] |
an array of transport type values for this instance.
This value cannot be null.
Value is NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_CELLULAR, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_WIFI, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_BLUETOOTH, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_ETHERNET, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_VPN, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_WIFI_AWARE, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_LOWPAN, android.net.NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_TEST, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_USB, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_THREAD, or NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_SATELLITE |
hasCapability
public boolean hasCapability (int capability)
| Returns | |
|---|---|
boolean |
|
hasTransport
public boolean hasTransport (int transportType)
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
transportType |
int: Value is NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_CELLULAR, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_WIFI, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_BLUETOOTH, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_ETHERNET, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_VPN, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_WIFI_AWARE, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_LOWPAN, android.net.NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_TEST, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_USB, NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_THREAD, or NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_SATELLITE |
| Returns | |
|---|---|
boolean |
|
hashCode
public int hashCode ()
Returns a hash code value for the object. This method is
supported for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by
HashMap.
The general contract of hashCode is:
- Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during
an execution of a Java application, the
hashCodemethod must consistently return the same integer, provided no information used inequalscomparisons on the object is modified. This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an application to another execution of the same application. - If two objects are equal according to the
equalsmethod, then calling thehashCodemethod on each of the two objects must produce the same integer result. - It is not required that if two objects are unequal
according to the
equalsmethod, then calling thehashCodemethod on each of the two objects must produce distinct integer results. However, the programmer should be aware that producing distinct integer results for unequal objects may improve the performance of hash tables.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
int |
a hash code value for this object. |
toString
public String toString ()
Returns a string representation of the object.
| Returns | |
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String |
a string representation of the object. |
writeToParcel
public void writeToParcel (Parcel dest, int flags)
Flatten this object in to a Parcel.
| Parameters | |
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dest |
Parcel: The Parcel in which the object should be written.
This value cannot be null. |
flags |
int: Additional flags about how the object should be written.
May be 0 or Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE.
Value is either 0 or a combination of Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE, and android.os.Parcelable.PARCELABLE_ELIDE_DUPLICATES |
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