Draft: A possible fix for verifying the connection to the server

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Branch Name

Issue_396_Verifying_Connection

Related Issues

Closes Issues #396

Description

This merge request will allow us to know when the application has a connection to the server using a socket. This will allow us to know when to write to the local database and when we are able to synch the local database to the database on the server.

Steps to Test

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1. Run the app when you have an internet connection and your IP is registered to the firewall. The Logcat should say that you are conencted.
2. Run the app when you have an internet connection but your IP is not registered to the firewall. The Logcat should say that you are not connected.
3. Run the app when you do not have an internet connection but your IP is registered to the firewall. The Logcat should say that you are not connected.
4. Run the app when you do not have an internet connection nor is your IP registered to the firewall. The Logcat should say that you are not connected.

Developer Notes

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• This version currently uses code found on Stack Overflow. It will have to be modified to fit our purposes and so that their is no licensing Issue.
• A possible fix to tell the rest of the application when to write to the local database and when to write to the server's database would be to make a JSON config file that would be put into the assets folder or we can create a class which houses a static boolean variable that could be accessed by every file.