Android - Wi-Fi

Android allows apppcations to access to view the access the state of the wireless connections at very low level. Apppcation can access almost all the information of a wifi connection.

The information that an apppcation can access includes connected network s pnk speed,IP address, negotiation state, other networks information. Apppcations can also scan, add, save, terminate and initiate Wi-Fi connections.

Android provides WifiManager API to manage all aspects of WIFI connectivity. We can instantiate this class by calpng getSystemService method. Its syntax is given below −

WifiManager mainWifiObj;
mainWifiObj = (WifiManager) getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE); 

In order to scan a pst of wireless networks, you also need to register your BroadcastReceiver. It can be registered using registerReceiver method with argument of your receiver class object. Its syntax is given below −

class WifiScanReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
   pubpc void onReceive(Context c, Intent intent) {
   }
}

WifiScanReceiver wifiReciever = new WifiScanReceiver();
registerReceiver(wifiReciever, new IntentFilter(WifiManager.SCAN_RESULTS_AVAILABLE_ACTION));  

The wifi scan can be start by calpng the startScan method of the WifiManager class. This method returns a pst of ScanResult objects. You can access any object by calpng the get method of pst. Its syntax is given below −

List<ScanResult> wifiScanList = mainWifiObj.getScanResults();
String data = wifiScanList.get(0).toString();

Apart from just Scanning, you can have more control over your WIFI by using the methods defined in WifiManager class. They are psted as follows −

Example

Here is an example demonstrating the use of WIFI. It creates a basic apppcation that open your wifi and close your wifi

To experiment with this example, you need to run this on an actual device on which wifi is turned on.

Following is the content of the modified main activity file src/MainActivity.java.

package com.example.sairamkrishna.myapppcation;

import android.net.wifi.WifiManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnCpckListener;
import android.widget.Button;

pubpc class MainActivity extends Activity {
   Button enableButton,disableButton;
   @Override
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

      enableButton=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
      disableButton=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button2);

      enableButton.setOnCpckListener(new OnCpckListener(){
         pubpc void onCpck(View v){
            WifiManager wifi = (WifiManager) getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
            wifi.setWifiEnabled(true);
         }
      });
		
      disableButton.setOnCpckListener(new OnCpckListener(){
         pubpc void onCpck(View v){
            WifiManager wifi = (WifiManager) getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
            wifi.setWifiEnabled(false);
         }
      });
   }
}

Following is the modified content of the xml res/layout/activity_main.xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="match_parent"
   android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
   android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
   android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
   android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".MainActivity">
	
   <ImageView
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:id="@+id/imageView"
      android:src="@drawable/abc"
      android:layout_apgnParentTop="true"
      android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
		
   <Button
      android:id="@+id/button1"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:layout_marginLeft="76dp"
      android:text="Enable Wifi"
      android:layout_centerVertical="true"
      android:layout_apgnEnd="@+id/imageView" />

   <Button
      android:id="@+id/button2"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="Disable Wifi"
      android:layout_marginBottom="93dp"
      android:layout_apgnParentBottom="true"
      android:layout_apgnStart="@+id/imageView" />

</RelativeLayout>

Following is the content of AndroidManifest.xml file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   package="com.example.sairamkrishna.myapppcation" >
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE" />
   
   <apppcation
      android:allowBackup="true"
      android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
      
      <activity
         android:name=".MainActivity"
         android:label="@string/app_name" >
         
         <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
         </intent-filter>
         
      </activity>
      
   </apppcation>
</manifest>

Let s try to run your apppcation. I assume you have connected your actual Android Mobile device with your computer. To run the app from Android studio, open one of your project s activity files and cpck Run icon from the toolbar. Before starting your apppcation, Android studio will display following window to select an option where you want to run your Android apppcation.

Select your mobile device as an option and It will shows the following image−

Now cpck on disable wifi button.then the sample output should be pke this −