Is it possible to turn on the wifi hotspot programmatically, to enable tethering? I've tried the code here and here. Both examples execute without exception, but when I look in the "Tethering & portable hotspot" section in the wifi settings, the tethering is still disabled. Is this only possible for internal Google apps?
EDIT: I'm using Android 5.1 and I'm trying to do this without having to root the phone.
Try below code, to turning on wifi tethering programmatically. I have tested and it's working in my application.
public class WifiAccessManager {
private static final String SSID = "1234567890abcdef";
public static boolean setWifiApState(Context context, boolean enabled) {
//config = Preconditions.checkNotNull(config);
try {
WifiManager mWifiManager = (WifiManager) context.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
if (enabled) {
mWifiManager.setWifiEnabled(false);
}
WifiConfiguration conf = getWifiApConfiguration();
mWifiManager.addNetwork(conf);
return (Boolean) mWifiManager.getClass().getMethod("setWifiApEnabled", WifiConfiguration.class, boolean.class).invoke(mWifiManager, conf, enabled);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return false;
}
}
public static WifiConfiguration getWifiApConfiguration() {
WifiConfiguration conf = new WifiConfiguration();
conf.SSID = SSID;
conf.allowedKeyManagement.set(WifiConfiguration.KeyMgmt.NONE);
return conf;
}
}
Usage:
WifiAccessManager.setWifiApState(context, true);
Permission Require:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE" />
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