public bool CanReach(string remoteUri)
{
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.CreateHttp(remoteUri);
request.AllowWriteStreamBuffering = true;
request.Timeout = 5000;
request.Method = "GET";
try {
using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse()) {
return(true); //We only care that the server responded
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.D(TAG, "Didn't get successful connection to {0}", remoteUri);
Log.E(TAG, "Exception: ", e);
return(false);
}
}
public bool CanReach(string remoteUri)
{
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.CreateHttp(remoteUri);
request.AllowWriteStreamBuffering = true;
request.Timeout = 10000;
request.Method = "GET";
try {
using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse()) {
return(true); //We only care that the server responded
}
} catch (Exception e) {
var we = e as WebException;
if (we != null && we.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ProtocolError)
{
return(true); //Getting an HTTP error technically means we can connect
}
Log.I(TAG, "Didn't get successful connection to {0}", remoteUri);
Log.D(TAG, " Cause: ", e);
return(false);
}
}
