/**
* Enable mobile connection for a specific address
* @param context a Context (application or activity)
* @param address the address to enable
* @return true for success, else false
*/
private boolean forceMobileConnectionForAddress(Context context, String address) {
ConnectivityManager connectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
if (null == connectivityManager) {
Log.debug(TAG_LOG, "ConnectivityManager is null, cannot try to force a mobile connection");
return false;
}
//check if mobile connection is available and connected
State state = connectivityManager.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE_HIPRI).getState();
Log.debug(TAG_LOG, "TYPE_MOBILE_HIPRI network state: " + state);
if (0 == state.compareTo(State.CONNECTED) || 0 == state.compareTo(State.CONNECTING)) {
return true;
}
//activate mobile connection in addition to other connection already activated
int resultInt = connectivityManager.startUsingNetworkFeature(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE, "enableHIPRI");
Log.debug(TAG_LOG, "startUsingNetworkFeature for enableHIPRI result: " + resultInt);
//-1 means errors
// 0 means already enabled
// 1 means enabled
// other values can be returned, because this method is vendor specific
if (-1 == resultInt) {
Log.error(TAG_LOG, "Wrong result of startUsingNetworkFeature, maybe problems");
return false;
}
if (0 == resultInt) {
Log.debug(TAG_LOG, "No need to perform additional network settings");
return true;
}
//find the host name to route
String hostName = StringUtil.extractAddressFromUrl(address);
Log.debug(TAG_LOG, "Source address: " + address);
Log.debug(TAG_LOG, "Destination host address to route: " + hostName);
if (TextUtils.isEmpty(hostName)) hostName = address;
//create a route for the specified address
int hostAddress = lookupHost(hostName);
if (-1 == hostAddress) {
Log.error(TAG_LOG, "Wrong host address transformation, result was -1");
return false;
}
//wait some time needed to connection manager for waking up
try {
for (int counter=0; counter<30; counter++) {
State checkState = connectivityManager.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE_HIPRI).getState();
if (0 == checkState.compareTo(State.CONNECTED))
break;
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
//nothing to do
}
boolean resultBool = connectivityManager.requestRouteToHost(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE_HIPRI, hostAddress);
Log.debug(TAG_LOG, "requestRouteToHost result: " + resultBool);
if (!resultBool)
Log.error(TAG_LOG, "Wrong requestRouteToHost result: expected true, but was false");
return resultBool;
}