Get A Small File Method
This test will lock up if there is WiFi but no internet connection:
if (![self.reachability isReachable])
This works much better as it tests the connection to an actual file on the server you want to connect to (assuming you can get a named file from it) and allows you to specify a timeout:
//----- TRY AND DOWNLOAD FILE WITH TIMEOUT -----
//This avoids lockup if we have WiFi connectivity but can't reach the server for any reason
NSString *urlString = @"http://www.mydomain.com/some_file.txt";
NSURLRequest* request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString] cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData timeoutInterval:3.0]; //Set timeout
NSURLResponse* response = nil;
NSError* error = nil;
NSData* data = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&response error:&error];
NSString* stringFromServer = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]; //autorelease];
//stringFromServer will be @"" if file could not be retrieved due to no server response, no internet connectivity or if WiFi and GSM are not connected.
