Android App Errors out when trying to access wireless

Issue

I'm coding an Android app and I want to make sure the wireless is connected before I invoke the browser to show a stream, however it Simply closes when the button is clicked saying that the application has stopped running. I have set the permission in the android manifest file. Here is my code. In a separate class called Networking I do this.

public class Networking extends Main {

    public boolean  isWirelessConnected()
    {
        cm = (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE); 
    NetworkInfo mwifi = cm.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI);
    if(mwifi == null)
        return false;
    else 
        return true;
    }
    public void messageDialog()
    {
        AlertDialog.Builder alrtBuild = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
        alrtBuild
        .setTitle("Wireless")
        .setMessage("You are not Connected would you like to Connect to wireless?")
        .setNegativeButton("Yes", new  DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                WifiManager wifiManger = (WifiManager) getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
                wifiManger.setWifiEnabled(true);

            }
        })
        .setNegativeButton("No", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                dialog.cancel();

            }
        });
        AlertDialog alert = alrtBuild.create();
        alert.show();


    }
}

And in the main class I have

Networking netwrk = new Networking();
if(netwrk.wireless().isConnected())
{
    Intent brwoserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
             Uri.parse("http://www.own3d.tv/HotshotGG"));
    startActivity(brwoserIntent);               
}

Here Is the errors the program throws when I hit the button

12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549): java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not execute method of the activity
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at android.view.View$1.onClick(View.java:3597)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4202)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:17340)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:725)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5039)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549): Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at android.view.View$1.onClick(View.java:3592)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     ... 11 more
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: System services not available to Activities before onCreate()
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at android.app.Activity.getSystemService(Activity.java:4463)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at nc.prog1415.Networking.isWirelessConnected(Networking.java:14)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     at nc.prog1415.Main.hotshotBtns(Main.java:109)
12-08 19:51:16.904: E/AndroidRuntime(1549):     ... 14 more

Solution

From the LogCat:

System services not available to Activities before onCreate()

This error is rather self-explanatory, so change your code to this:

ConnectivityManager cm; 

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    cm = (ConnectivityManager)getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
    ...
}

---

Addition
Your Networking extends Main, which I assume is an Activity. Since you don't want a full Activity for what you are doing you should take a different tactic. You should pass Networking a Context in your constructor instead:

public class Networking {
    Context context;

    public Networking(Context con) {
        context = con;
    }

    public boolean isWirelessConnected()
    {
        cm = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE); 
        NetworkInfo mwifi = cm.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI);
        if(mwifi == null)
            return false;
        else 
            return mwifi.isConnectedOrConnecting();
    }

    // etc
}

Notice that I switched to context.getSystemService() you'll need to do this while creating your dialog as well.

Now change the way you use this method:

Networking netwrk = new Networking(this);
if(netwrk.isWirelessConnected()) 

Answered By - Sam