iOS Reachability: Problem with host Method - ios

Question

I have create a method to check if the host is reachable. I had download the Reachability class (both .h & .m) from apple developer websites and import to my project. I have pass the NSString Name as the URL (host Name). The hostName is http://www.google.com. However, no matter what host name I pass to this method and its always return NO (connectToHost). The code as below:
- (BOOL) checkHostAvailability:(NSString *)Name{
BOOL connectToHost;
hostReach = [[Reachability reachabilityWithHostName:Name] retain];
[hostReach startNotifier];
NetworkStatus hostStatus = [hostReach currentReachabilityStatus];
NSLog(#"Name: %#", Name);
NSLog(#"hostStatus is %#", hostStatus);
if(hostStatus == NotReachable){
NSLog(#"Here is the checkHostAvailability Method and host NOT reachable");
connectToHost = NO;
}else{
NSLog(#"Here is the checkHostAvailability Method and host is reachable");
connectToHost = YES;
}
return connectToHost;
}
After a few hours of investigation, I have found out that the NetworkStatus hostStatus always equal to null. I assume this is why this method is not working. And I have spend 8 hours to find out the problem with this code and search out this website, however I still couldn't find the problem and solution.
Please help and much appreciated.

Answer 1

Remove the 'http://' from the host name.

Answer 2

If you wanted to use http://www.google.com as your host, you would pass 'google.com' as the hostname. Do not include http://, the ending slash or anything that could follow an ending slash. www. is fine to include.
[Reachability reachabilityWithHostName:#"google.com"];

Answer 3

This is the code I use for all the connection checks (see here: iOS Developer Library -Reachability) and it is working fine for me :
-(BOOL) hasConnection{
//check network status _ iphone settings
Reachability *internetReachability = [Reachability reachabilityForInternetConnection];
[internetReachability startNotifier];
NetworkStatus status=[internetReachability currentReachabilityStatus];
if (status == NotReachable) {
NSLog(#"No internet");
//[internetReachability stopNotifier];
return NO;
}else {
NSLog(#"Internet is ON");
// [internetReachability stopNotifier];
//check internet connection _reachable path
Reachability *hostReachable=[Reachability reachabilityWithHostName:#"www.apple.com"];
BOOL connectionRequired =[hostReachable connectionRequired];
NSLog(#"%hhd",connectionRequired);
[hostReachable startNotifier];
Reachability *wifiReachability=[Reachability reachabilityForLocalWiFi];
[wifiReachability startNotifier];
NetworkStatus hostStatus=[hostReachable currentReachabilityStatus];
if(hostStatus == NotReachable){
NSLog(#"No internet connection");
[hostReachable stopNotifier];
return NO;
}else{
NSLog(#"Connection is ok");
[hostReachable stopNotifier];
return YES;
}
}
}