Android 6.0 made some changes to the WiFi behavior and it breaks my app behavior and cannot find a solution for it.
Basically, for Android 6.0 you are not permitted
I think it helps....A few changes needed... WifiConfiguration objects that are not created by your app for every time. The app doesnt have permission to create another object...So we need connected with previous existing netID.
public void connectToWifi(){
try{
WifiManager wifiManager = (WifiManager) super.getSystemService(android.content.Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
WifiConfiguration wc = new WifiConfiguration();
WifiInfo wifiInfo = wifiManager.getConnectionInfo();
wc.SSID = "\"NETWORK_NAME\"";
wc.preSharedKey = "\"PASSWORD\"";
wc.status = WifiConfiguration.Status.ENABLED;
wc.allowedProtocols.set(WifiConfiguration.Protocol.RSN);
wc.allowedProtocols.set(WifiConfiguration.Protocol.WPA);
wc.allowedKeyManagement.set(WifiConfiguration.KeyMgmt.WPA_PSK);
wc.allowedPairwiseCiphers.set(WifiConfiguration.PairwiseCipher.CCMP);
wc.allowedPairwiseCiphers.set(WifiConfiguration.PairwiseCipher.TKIP);
wc.allowedGroupCiphers.set(WifiConfiguration.GroupCipher.WEP40);
wc.allowedGroupCiphers.set(WifiConfiguration.GroupCipher.WEP104);
wc.allowedGroupCiphers.set(WifiConfiguration.GroupCipher.CCMP);
wc.allowedGroupCiphers.set(WifiConfiguration.GroupCipher.TKIP);
wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(true);
int netId = wifiManager.addNetwork(wc);
if (netId == -1) {
netId = getExistingNetworkId(SSID);
}
wifiManager.disconnect();
wifiManager.enableNetwork(netId, true);
wifiManager.reconnect();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private int getExistingNetworkId(String SSID) {
WifiManager wifiManager = (WifiManager) super.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
List configuredNetworks = wifiManager.getConfiguredNetworks();
if (configuredNetworks != null) {
for (WifiConfiguration existingConfig : configuredNetworks) {
if (existingConfig.SSID.equals(SSID)) {
return existingConfig.networkId;
}
}
}
return -1;
}
And add permissions in Manifest file also...