Android Device WiFi Turn ON and OFF Programatically

If you want access device wifi programatically we need

1. Permissions
2. WifiManager

1. In Project Manifest file add thease permissons

<!-- we try to Enable or Disable WIFI, so we need permission -->

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE" />

   

<!-- we try to fetching current WIFI state, so we need permission -->

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />

2. In Project Activity file add this code to get WifiManager

getting WIFI MANAGER from System Service

WifiManager  wifiManager = (WifiManager)          

                             getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);

methods to access wifi status and change wifi status

fetching current WIFI status

wifiManager.isWifiEnabled()

change wifi status

wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(true or false);

enable wifi status

wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(true);

disable wifi status

wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(false);

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Screen Shots:

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1. MainActivity

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

          WifiManager wifiManager;

          Button buttonON, buttonOFF;

          TextView textView;

          @Override

          protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

                   super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

                   setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

                   // calling references or linking xml to java

                   textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView);

                   buttonON = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonON);

                   buttonOFF = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonOFF);

                   // getting WIFI MANAGER from System Service

                   wifiManager = (WifiManager)            

                             getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);

                   // fetching current WIFI status and update to TextView.

                   if (wifiManager.isWifiEnabled())

                             textView.setText("WIFI : ENABLED");

                   else

                             textView.setText("WIFI : DISABLED");

                   // listener for ON button

                   buttonON.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

                             @Override

                             public void onClick(View v) {

                                      // enable WIFI

                                      wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(true);

                                      textView.setText("WIFI : ENABLED");

                             }

                   });

                   // listener for OFF button

                   buttonOFF.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

                             @Override

                             public void onClick(View v) {

                                      // disable WIFI

                                      wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(false);

                                      textView.setText("WIFI : DISABLED");

                             }

                   });

          }

}

2. activity_main.xml

<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:background="#800000ff"

    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

    tools:context="com.venky.wifienabledemo.MainActivity" >

    <Button

        android:id="@+id/buttonON"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"

        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

        android:layout_marginTop="121dp"

        android:text="ON"

        android:textSize="15dp" />

    <Button

        android:id="@+id/buttonOFF"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/buttonON"

        android:layout_below="@+id/buttonON"

        android:layout_marginTop="76dp"

        android:layout_weight="1"

        android:text="OFF"

        android:textSize="15dp" />

    <TextView

        android:id="@+id/textView"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"

        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

        android:layout_marginTop="50dp"

        android:gravity="center"

        android:text="WIFI : "

        android:textColor="#ffffff"

        android:textSize="25dp"

        android:textStyle="bold" />

</RelativeLayout>

3. AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    package="com.venky.wifienabledemo"

    android:versionCode="1"

    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk

        android:minSdkVersion="8"

        android:targetSdkVersion="18" />

    <!-- we try to Enable or Disable WIFI, so we need permission -->

    <uses-permission       

        android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE" />

    <!-- we try to fetching current WIFI state, so we need permission -->

    <uses-permission       

       android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />

    <application

        android:allowBackup="true"

        android:icon="@drawable/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>

    </application>

</manifest>

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