cordova-plugin-network-information

function checkConnection() {
    var networkState = navigator.connection.type;

    var states = {};
    states[Connection.UNKNOWN]  = 'Unknown connection';
    states[Connection.ETHERNET] = 'Ethernet connection';
    states[Connection.WIFI]     = 'WiFi connection';
    states[Connection.CELL_2G]  = 'Cell 2G connection';
    states[Connection.CELL_3G]  = 'Cell 3G connection';
    states[Connection.CELL_4G]  = 'Cell 4G connection';
    states[Connection.CELL]     = 'Cell generic connection';
    states[Connection.NONE]     = 'No network connection';

    alert('Connection type: ' + states[networkState]);
}

checkConnection();

document.addEventListener("offline", yourCallbackFunction, false);

document.addEventListener("offline", onOffline, false);

function onOffline() {
    // Handle the offline event
}

document.addEventListener("online", yourCallbackFunction, false);

document.addEventListener("online", onOnline, false);

function onOnline() {
    // Handle the online event
}

var dataFileEntry;

function createSomeData() {

    window.requestFileSystem(window.TEMPORARY, 5 * 1024 * 1024, function (fs) {

        console.log('file system open: ' + fs.name);
        // Creates a new file or returns an existing file.
        fs.root.getFile("data.txt", { create: true, exclusive: false }, function (fileEntry) {

          dataFileEntry = fileEntry;

        }, onErrorCreateFile);

    }, onErrorLoadFs);
}

document.addEventListener("offline", onOffline, false);
document.addEventListener("online", onOnline, false);

function onOnline() {
    // Handle the online event
    var networkState = navigator.connection.type;

    if (networkState !== Connection.NONE) {
        if (dataFileEntry) {
            tryToUploadFile();
        }
    }
    display('Connection type: ' + networkState);
}

function tryToUploadFile() {
    // !! Assumes variable fileURL contains a valid URL to a text file on the device,
    var fileURL = getDataFileEntry().toURL();

    var success = function (r) {
        console.log("Response = " + r.response);
        display("Uploaded. Response: " + r.response);
    }

    var fail = function (error) {
        console.log("An error has occurred: Code = " + error.code);
        offlineWrite("Failed to upload: some offline data");
    }

    var options = new FileUploadOptions();
    options.fileKey = "file";
    options.fileName = fileURL.substr(fileURL.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
    options.mimeType = "text/plain";

    var ft = new FileTransfer();
    // Make sure you add the domain of your server URL to the
    // Content-Security-Policy <meta> element in index.html.
    ft.upload(fileURL, encodeURI(SERVER), success, fail, options);
};

function offlineWrite(offlineData) {
    // Create a FileWriter object for our FileEntry.
    dataFileEntry.createWriter(function (fileWriter) {

        fileWriter.onwriteend = function () {
            console.log("Successful file write...");
            display(offlineData);
        };

        fileWriter.onerror = function (e) {
            console.log("Failed file write: " + e.toString());
        };

        fileWriter.write(offlineData);
    });
}

function onOffline() {
    // Handle the offline event
    console.log("lost connection");
}