[maemo-developers] connecting to network in background

[From: Thomas Perl]

Hi Dominik,

2010/12/6 Dominik Bartenstein <db at wahuu.at>:
> I try to open a QNetworkSession via session.open(). That works like a charm
> but if the connection cannot be established a connection pop up appears by
> default.
> [...]
> Is the "ConnectInBackground" sessionProperty implemented/available for
> Maemo5 PR1.3/N900?

Depending on what you want to achieve, you might be able to use the
"native" (platform-specific) APIs on Maemo 5 to request internet
connectivity. They work and are fully implemented:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Maemo_5_Developer_Guide/Using_Connectivity_Components/Maemo_Connectivity#Requesting_for_Connection

It might also depend on the settings of your device. Go to Settings ->
Internet connections and check the "Connect automatically" setting. If
you want to be able to connect in the background, it has to be set to
something else than "Always ask". If it still does not work with
QNetworkSession after checking this, it might be worth reporting this
as a bug on http://bugs.maemo.org/, even if you end up using libconic
for requesting the connection, so it can be fixed for future uses :)

HTH.

Thomas