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Connecting WiFi programmatically
package example.siva.com.hellokotlin
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver
import android.content.Context
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import android.util.Log
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*
import org.jetbrains.anko.toast
import android.net.wifi.WifiConfiguration
import android.net.wifi.WifiManager
import android.widget.Toast
import android.content.Intent
import android.net.NetworkInfo
import android.net.wifi.WifiInfo
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
val TAG:String="MainActivity";
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
helloMe.setOnClickListener{
toast("Changing wifi to "+Config.SSID)
connectToWPAWiFi(Config.SSID,Config.PASS)
}
}
//connects to the given ssid
fun connectToWPAWiFi(ssid:String,pass:String){
if(isConnectedTo(ssid)){ //see if we are already connected to the given ssid
toast("Connected to"+ssid)
return
}
val wm:WifiManager= applicationContext.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE) as WifiManager
var wifiConfig=getWiFiConfig(ssid)
if(wifiConfig==null){//if the given ssid is not present in the WiFiConfig, create a config for it
createWPAProfile(ssid,pass)
wifiConfig=getWiFiConfig(ssid)
}
wm.disconnect()
wm.enableNetwork(wifiConfig!!.networkId,true)
wm.reconnect()
Log.d(TAG,"intiated connection to SSID"+ssid);
}
fun isConnectedTo(ssid: String):Boolean{
val wm:WifiManager= applicationContext.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE) as WifiManager
if(wm.connectionInfo.ssid == ssid){
return true
}
return false
}
fun getWiFiConfig(ssid: String): WifiConfiguration? {
val wm:WifiManager= applicationContext.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE) as WifiManager
val wifiList=wm.configuredNetworks
for (item in wifiList){
if(item.SSID != null && item.SSID.equals(ssid)){
return item
}
}
return null
}
fun createWPAProfile(ssid: String,pass: String){
Log.d(TAG,"Saving SSID :"+ssid)
val conf = WifiConfiguration()
conf.SSID = ssid
conf.preSharedKey = pass
val wm:WifiManager= applicationContext.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE) as WifiManager
wm.addNetwork(conf)
Log.d(TAG,"saved SSID to WiFiManger")
}
class WiFiChngBrdRcr : BroadcastReceiver(){ // shows a toast message to the user when device is connected to a AP
private val TAG = "WiFiChngBrdRcr"
override fun onReceive(context: Context, intent: Intent) {
val networkInfo=intent.getParcelableExtra<NetworkInfo>(WifiManager.EXTRA_NETWORK_INFO)
if(networkInfo.state == NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTED){
val bssid=intent.getStringExtra(WifiManager.EXTRA_BSSID)
Log.d(TAG, "Connected to BSSID:"+bssid)
val ssid=intent.getParcelableExtra<WifiInfo>(WifiManager.EXTRA_WIFI_INFO).ssid
val log="Connected to SSID:"+ssid
Log.d(TAG,"Connected to SSID:"+ssid)
Toast.makeText(context, log, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}
}
}
}
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