CrowdforThink : Blog -How to detect network connection is Online/Offline Status In Angular

Lokesh Gupta Innovation & Tech Programming Sep 24 1500 1 min read

We all might be familiar with the JavaScript way of checking Online/ Offline status. But in the case of Angular, we need to duly unsubscribe the events we're harkening to, else, we might beget gratuitous actions and memory leaks.

Plain JavaScript

window.addEventListener("load", () => {
  this.internetStatus = navigator.onLine

  window.addEventListener("online", () => {
    this.internetStatus = true
  });

  window.addEventListener("offline", () => {
    this.internetStatus = false
  });
});

Angular

app.component.html

<h1>Internet Status</h1>

<div
  class="widget-content-online header-user-info ml-3"
  *ngIf="internetStatus"
>
  &#9679; Online
</div>
<div
  class="widget-content-offline header-user-info ml-3"
  *ngIf="!internetStatus"
>
  &#9679; Offline
</div>

app.component.ts

import { Component, OnDestroy, OnInit, VERSION } from '@angular/core';
import { fromEvent, merge, of, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
  internetStatus: boolean = false;
  internetStatus$: Subscription = Subscription.EMPTY;

  constructor() {}

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.checkInternetStatus();
  }

  ngOnDestroy(): void {
    this.internetStatus$.unsubscribe();
  }

  checkInternetStatus() {
    this.internetStatus = navigator.onLine;
    this.internetStatus$ = merge(
      of(null),
      fromEvent(window, 'online'),
      fromEvent(window, 'offline')
    )
      .pipe(map(() => navigator.onLine))
      .subscribe(status => {
        console.log('status', status);
        this.internetStatus = status;
      });
  }
}

styles.css

.widget-content-online {
	padding: 3px 11px 5px 11px;
	border-radius: 52px;
	width: 90px;
	background: rgba(67, 164, 90, 0.15);
	font-size: 15px;
	color: #43A45A;
	text-align: center;
}

.widget-content-offline {
	padding: 3px 11px 5px 11px;
	border-radius: 52px;
	width: 90px;
	background: rgba(165, 83, 83, 0.15);
	font-size: 15px;
	color: #e52525;
	text-align: center;
}