How To Bring Internet Connectivity To Xamarin.Forms Application

Ajithkumar J
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Introduction

This article demonstrates how to bring internet connectivity to Xamarin.Forms.

Let’s start.

Step 1

Open Visual Studio and go to New Project >> Installed >> Visual C# >> Cross-Platform.

Select Cross-Platform app, then give your project a Name and Location.

Step 2

Add the following NuGet Packages to your project.

Xam.Plugin.Connectivity
Xamarin.Forms

Go to Solution Explorer and select your solution. Right-click and select "Manage NuGet Packages for Solution".

Now, select the following NuGet Package and select your project to install it.

Similarly, add the Xamarin.Forms Nuget.

Step 3

Open Solution Explorer >> Project Name >> Mainpage.xaml. Open the Design View of this page.

The code is given below.

XAML Code

<Button x:Name="Btn" Text="Check Connectivity" Clicked="Btn_Clicked"/>
<Label x:Name="Lbl" Text="Status"/>
<Label x:Name="Lbl1" Text="Type:/"/>

Step 4

Open Solution Explorer >> Project Name >> Mainpage.xaml.cs Open the Design View of this page.

C# Code

namespace ConnectivityCheck
{
public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
{
public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Btn_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var Status = CrossConnectivity.Current.IsConnected ? "Is Connected" : "Not Connected";
Lbl.Text = $"Status :{Status}";
Lbl1.Text = $"Type:{CrossConnectivity.Current.ConnectionTypes.ToString() }";
}
}
}