Determine Online or Offline Status

Online vs. offline connectivity is dynamic, and the signal given to the app from the mobile operating system is notoriously unreliable. This lack of a clear signal is because the state of connectivity changes frequently. Connectivity isn’t a simple on/off switch. There’s a range, from totally offline, to spotty, to slow-but-solid, and all the way up to faster than wired speed in the best circumstances. There’s no good way to know if an action that requires a network connection will succeed or fail, except by attempting it.

In general, our design goal is that LWCs work offline first, and treat being offline as a normal condition, not a failure. When a network request doesn’t succeed, the condition is handled as gracefully as possible. We recommend your components adhere to this practice.