Android's proxy confusing documentation resources

Question

It seems to me that there is a lot of confusing resources regarding the proxy topic on Android.

First of all, it seems that all the methods of the Proxy class are d

Answer 1

For getting proxy values, accessing the System properties as you have done should work; it should not be necessary to access secure settings. If you cannot use the System properties to read proxy settings that were made through the normal device UI, then there is a problem. Proxies are per network type, so the APN and WiFi will have separate proxy settings.