What is the easiest way to get standard network type on Android?

Question

I know how to Get Network type. But I need to identify the related standard to each release, grouping by GSM, WCDMA and LTE (others standards will not be used). I could filter it like this:

switch (networkType) {
    case TelephonyManager.NETWORK_TYPE_GPRS:
        tech = "GPRS";
        standard = "GSM";
        break;
    case TelephonyManager.NETWORK_TYPE_HSDPA:
        tech = "HSDPA";
        standard = "WCDMA";
        break;
}

Is there some information from Android API that I can use to retrieve this information on a elegant way?

It will help me to work with some information about mobile netowrk that is handle in diffrent ways between WCDMA, LTE and GSM.

UPDATE: It is not exactly what I am asking, but is very near. How to determine if network type is 2G, 3G or 4G

Answer 1

Use NetworkInfo.

For instance, here you are a method which gives you if a device has or not network.

public Boolean hasDeviceConnectionToInternet(Context context) {
        ConnectivityManager conMgr = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
        NetworkInfo i = conMgr.getActiveNetworkInfo();
        if (i == null)
            return false;
        if (!i.isConnected())
            return false;
        if (!i.isAvailable())
            return false;
        return true;
    }

For your case, you can ask i.getType() for getting the connection type, or i.getTypeName() for a human-readable description.

You can see API here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/NetworkInfo.html