Check The Bandwidth Rate In Android

We have an option to check the network connection types in Android (whether it is 3G, edge or gprs). I need to check the the bandwidth rate. I need to initiate a call. For that I n

Solution 1:

You can download a known-size file from your server, and calculate how long did it take to download it. Then you have your bandwidth. Simple but works :)

Sample, not tested :

//Download your imagelongstartTime= System.currentTimeMillis();
HttpGethttpRequest=newHttpGet(newURL(urlString).toURI());
HttpClienthttpClient=newDefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponseresponse= (HttpResponse) httpClient.execute(httpRequest);
longendTime= System.currentTimeMillis();

HttpEntityentity= response.getEntity();
BufferedHttpEntity bufHttpEntity;
bufHttpEntity = newBufferedHttpEntity(entity);

//You can re-check the size of your filefinallongcontentLength= bufHttpEntity.getContentLength();

// Log
Log.d(TAG, "[BENCHMARK] Dowload time :"+(endTime-startTime)+" ms");

// Bandwidth : size(KB)/time(s)floatbandwidth= contentLength / ((endTime-startTime) *1000);

Solution 2:

This will Returns the current link speed in LINK_SPEED_UNITS.

but this work for WIFI Only

WifiManagerwifiManager= Context.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
WifiInfowifiInfo= wifiManager.getConnectionInfo();
if (wifiInfo != null) {
    IntegerlinkSpeed= wifiInfo.getLinkSpeed(); //measured using WifiInfo.LINK_SPEED_UNITS
}

Solution 3:

Try facebook network library class (library size = 16 KB)

We can fetch manually / network change listener also available.

Manual fetch code:

ConnectionQuality cq = ConnectionClassManager.getInstance().getCurrentBandwidthQuality();

Github link - https://github.com/facebook/network-connection-class