Android wifi on off tutorial

Turn off, Turn on wifi in android using code tutorial

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Here is how to turn on and turn off wifi in android.

First you need to declare the following in your manifest file
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After doing it that on your Activity class
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private WifiManager wifiManager;

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@Override

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public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {

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wifiManager = (WifiManager) this.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);

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if(wifiManager.isWifiEnabled()){

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wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(false);

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}else{

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wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(true);

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}

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}

Explanation
Get the Wifi service from our system
wifiManager = (WifiManager) this.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);

Check the our wifi is currently turned on or turned off
if(wifiManager.isWifiEnabled()){

Turn on/off our wifi
wifiManager.setWifiEnabled();

Reference
WifiEnabler
Permissions Journey: ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
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October 17th, 2009 | Tags: Wifi | Category: Android | One comment
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