WiFi in Android

outline
Enabling wifi Scanning Adding a network Enabling and connecting to a network

Start WiFi
New App called WiFiFun
Include permissions: access_wifi_state, change_wifi_state, access_network_state, change_network_state, write_settings, write_secure_settings, change_wifi_multicast WifiManager wifiManager; wifiManager = (WifiManager) getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);

Include member variable

In onCreate, add Start wifi, add if(wifiManager.isWifiEnabled()==false){ Log.e("DEBUG","turning on wifi"); wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(true); } else { Log.e("DEBUG","wifi is on"); } switch (wifiManager.getWifiState()) { case WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_DISABLED: Log.e("DEBUG","wifi state is disabled"); break; case WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_DISABLING: Log.e("DEBUG","wifi state is WIFI_STATE_DISABLING"); break; case WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_ENABLED: Log.e("DEBUG","wifi state is WIFI_STATE_ENABLED"); break; case WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_ENABLING: Log.e("DEBUG","wifi state is WIFI_STATE_ENABLING"); break; case WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_UNKNOWN: Log.e("DEBUG","wifi state is WIFI_STATE_UNKNOWN"); break; }

Run

Approach: start wifi scanning, get results in broadcast receiver At the end of onCreate, addd if (wifiManager. startScan () == false) { Log.e("Error","Scanning could not start"); } else { Log.e("DEBUG","Scanning is started"); } Register to receive broadcast about scanning results Add member variable to WiFiFun IntentFilter filter; At the end of onCreate, add filter = new IntentFilter(); filter.addAction(WifiManager.SCAN_RESULTS_AVAILABLE_ACTION); registerReceiver(wifiEventReceiver, filter); Make broadcast receiver. Somewhere in WifiFun, add member variable private BroadcastReceiver wifiEventReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {}; // let eclipse add unimplemented methods In public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent intent) {, add if(intent.getAction().equals(WifiManager.SCAN_RESULTS_AVAILABLE_ACTION)) { Log.e("DEBUG","SCAN_RESULTS_AVAILABLE_ACTION"); List<ScanResult> li = wifiManager.getScanResults(); for (int i=0; i<li.size(); i++) { Log.e("DEBUG","ssid: "+li.get(i).SSID+" bssid: "+li.get(i).BSSID+" cap: "+li.get(i).capabilities+" level: "+li.get(i).level+ "chan: "+li.get(i).frequency); } } Run Try adding wifiManager. startScan () to end of BroadcastReceiver .onReceive Notice that signal strength varies.

Scanning for access points

Scanning for access points

Clean up BroadcastReceiver: unregister on pause, and regfister on resume. Be careful to not register twice
Add member variable to WiFiFun boolean intentIsRegistered = false;
// be sure to set this to true after registerReceiver(wifiEventReceiver, filter); in onCreate

Add functions to WiFiFun @Override public void onResume() {

super.onResume(); if (intentIsRegistered==false) {
registerReceiver(wifiEventReceiver, filter); intentIsRegistered = true;

} @Override public void onPause() {

super.onPause(); if (intentIsRegistered==true) {
unregisterReceiver(wifiEventReceiver); intentIsRegistered = false;

Add button In onCreate, add

Connect to access point

Connect to udel wifi Button wifiConnect = (Button)findViewById(R.id.WifiConnect); wifiConnect.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {}); // let eclipse add onClick

In onClick add
Add new network to current list of networks
WifiConfiguration myWifCon = new WifiConfiguration(); myWifCon.SSID = "\ udel\""; myWifCon.allowedGroupCiphers.set(WifiConfiguration.GroupCipher.TKIP); myWifCon.allowedAuthAlgorithms.set(WifiConfiguration.AuthAlgorithm.OPEN); myWifCon.allowedKeyManagement.set(WifiConfiguration.KeyMgmt.NONE); myWifCon.status=WifiConfiguration.Status.ENABLED; int newId = wifiManager.addNetwork (myWifCon); if (newId<0) {
Log.e("debug","could not add wifi config"); if (wifiManager.enableNetwork(newId,true)) { Log.e("DEBUG","enable connection succeded"); } else { Log.e("DEBUG","connect failed"); }

} else {

Two things
This might not connect, e.g., maybe udel is out of range Perhaps we should not add udel to the list of networks

Add BroadcastReceiver
In onCreate, when the intentFilter is being made, add
filter.addAction(WifiManager.SUPPLICANT_CONNECTION_CHANGE_ACTION); filter.addAction(WifiManager.SUPPLICANT_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION); filter.addAction(WifiManager.NETWORK_IDS_CHANGED_ACTION); filter.addAction(WifiManager.NETWORK_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION); filter.addAction(WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION); if(intent.getAction().equals(WifiManager.SUPPLICANT_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION)) { Log.e("DEBUG","SUPPLICANT_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION"); if (intent.hasExtra(WifiManager.EXTRA_SUPPLICANT_ERROR)) { Log.e("DEBUG","supplicant error"); } else { Log.e("DEBUG","supplicant state: "+getSupplicantStateText((SupplicantState) intent.getParcelableExtra(WifiManager.EXTRA_NEW_STATE))); } }

In the BroadcastReceiver, add

Add function private String getSupplicantStateText(SupplicantState supplicantState) {

if(SupplicantState.FOUR_WAY_HANDSHAKE.equals(supplicantState)) { return "FOUR WAY HANDSHAKE"; } else if(SupplicantState.ASSOCIATED.equals(supplicantState)) { return "ASSOCIATED"; } else if(SupplicantState.ASSOCIATING.equals(supplicantState)) { return "ASSOCIATING"; } else if(SupplicantState.COMPLETED.equals(supplicantState)) { return "COMPLETED"; } else if(SupplicantState.DISCONNECTED.equals(supplicantState)) { return "DISCONNECTED"; } else if(SupplicantState.DORMANT.equals(supplicantState)) { return "DORMANT"; } else if(SupplicantState.GROUP_HANDSHAKE.equals(supplicantState)) { return "GROUP HANDSHAKE"; } else if(SupplicantState.INACTIVE.equals(supplicantState)) { return "INACTIVE"; } else if(SupplicantState.INVALID.equals(supplicantState)) { return "INVALID"; } else if(SupplicantState.SCANNING.equals(supplicantState)) { return "SCANNING"; } else if(SupplicantState.UNINITIALIZED.equals(supplicantState)) { return "UNINITIALIZED"; } else { return "supplicant state is bad"; }

if(intent.getAction().equals(WifiManager.SUPPLICANT_CONNECTION_CHANGE_ACTION)) { Log.e("DEBUG","SUPPLICANT_CONNECTION_CHANGE_ACTION"); if (intent.hasExtra(WifiManager.EXTRA_SUPPLICANT_CONNECTED)) { if (intent.getBooleanExtra(WifiManager.EXTRA_SUPPLICANT_CONNECTED, false)==true) { Log.e("DEBUG","wifi is now connected"); } else { Log.e("DEBUG","wifi is now disconnected"); }
}

} // but this does not seem to work correctly

NETWORK_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION
if(intent.getAction().equals(WifiManager.NETWORK_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION)){
Log.e("DEBUG",".NETWORK_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION"); NetworkInfo mNetworkInfo = (NetworkInfo) intent.getParcelableExtra(WifiManager.EXTRA_NETWORK_INFO); if (mNetworkInfo.getState()==NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTED) {
Log.e("DEBUG","connected");

} if (mNetworkInfo.getState()==NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTING) {
Log.e("DEBUG","CONNECTING ");

} if (mNetworkInfo.getState()==NetworkInfo.State.DISCONNECTED) {
Log.e("DEBUG","DISCONNECTED");

} if (mNetworkInfo.getState()==NetworkInfo.State.DISCONNECTING) {
Log.e("DEBUG","DISCONNECTING");

} if (mNetworkInfo.getState()==NetworkInfo.State.SUSPENDED) {
Log.e("DEBUG","SUSPENDED");

} if (mNetworkInfo.getState()==NetworkInfo.State.SUSPENDED) {
Log.e("DEBUG","UNKNOWN");

Get current connection info

Add button: Get Current In onCreate, add Button getbut = (Button)findViewById(R.id.ButtonGetCurrent); getbut.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override public void onClick(View arg0) {
WifiInfo wifiInfo = wifiManager.getConnectionInfo(); Log.e("DEBUG","current ssid: "+wifiInfo.getSSID()); Log.e("DEBUG","current rssi: "+wifiInfo.getRssi()); Log.e("DEBUG","current mac: "+wifiInfo.getMacAddress()); Log.e("DEBUG","current net id: "+wifiInfo.getNetworkId()); Log.e("DEBUG","current bssid: "+wifiInfo.getBSSID());

});

Connect to ad hoc network

Android does not support ad hoc networking Only rooted phones can connect Add BusyBox from market place We need a new wpa_supplicant.conf
Wifi hardward <-> driver (.ko) <-> wpa_supplicant <-> (wpa_cli) <-> android system+api

Make new app Add button

Connect to ad hoc Disconnect from ad hoc

steps
Move wpa_supplicant to correct directory Change permissions of wpa_supplicant Disable dhcp Set ip address etc Turn off wifi
(Perhap we could only restart wpa_supplicant)

Set static ip Turn on wifi Check status Set routing table Try ping

Make ip from mac

private String makeIPAddressFromMac(String mac) {
Log.e("dEBUG","convert: "+mac); String delim = "[:]"; String[] tokens = mac.split(delim); int i1 = Integer.parseInt(tokens[4].trim(), 16); int i2 = Integer.parseInt(tokens[5].trim(), 16); Log.e("dEBUG","2nd "+tokens[4].trim()+" into "+i1); Log.e("dEBUG","2nd "+tokens[5].trim()+" into "+i2); //String address = "192.168."+i1+"."+i2; String address = "192.168.4."+i2; return address;

It would be better to embed the whole mac in an ipv6 address

New wpa_supplicant.conf
##### wpa_supplicant configuration file template ##### update_config=1 ctrl_interface=eth0 eapol_version=1 ap_scan=2 fast_reauth=1

network={ ssid="MyAdHoc" scan_ssid=1 key_mgmt=NONE mode=1 }

Key things: ap_scan=2 (original has ap_scan=1), this allows connection to ad hoc and only MyAdHoc in list copy this to /mnt/sdcard/wpa_supplicant.conf_adHoc copy original to /mnt/sdcard/wpa_supplicant.conf_orig

Set static ip address

Ad hoc mode needs a static ip address, since dhcp is most likely not available Here we get the mac address and build an IP address in subnet 192.168/16 from the MAC Dns is open-dns

public void setUpStaticIP() {

WifiInfo wifiInfo = wifiManager.getConnectionInfo(); Log.e("DEBUG","current mac: "+wifiInfo.getMacAddress()); String ip = makeIPAddressFromMac(wifiInfo.getMacAddress()); Settings.System.putString(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.WIFI_STATIC_IP, ip); Settings.System.putString(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.WIFI_STATIC_NETMASK, "255.255.0.0"); Settings.System.putString(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.WIFI_STATIC_DNS1, "208.67.222.222"); Settings.System.putString(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.WIFI_STATIC_DNS2, "208.67.220.220"); Settings.System.putString(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.WIFI_STATIC_GATEWAY, "192.168.1.1"); Settings.System.putString(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.WIFI_USE_STATIC_IP, "1"); }

public void clearStaticIP() {

Settings.System.putString(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.WIFI_USE_STATIC_IP, 0"); }

steps
Move wpa_supplicant to correct directory Change permissions of wpa_supplicant Disable dhcp Set ip address etc Turn off wifi
(Perhap we could only restart wpa_supplicant) Trick: we want to set ip after wifi is off, which occurs well after we issue the command to turn off wifi Approach:
Add member variable int adHocState = 0; When getting into ad hoc mode
After turning off wifi, adHocState = 1; After turning on wifi, adHocState = 2; After turning off wifi, adHocState = 3; After turning on wifi, adHocState = 0; If state change and adHocState==1, then set ip, adHocState =2, turn on wifi If state change and adHocState==3, then clear static ip, adHocState =0, turn on wifi

Set ip

When getting out of ad hoc mode

Check for wifi state changes

Turn on wifi Check status Try ping multi-hop Ad hoc networking - next week

Add member variable int adHocState = 0; private BroadcastReceiver wifiEventReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
@Override public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent intent) { if (adHocState==1) { setUpStaticIP(); wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(true); Log.e("DEBUG", into ad hoc, turning wifi on"); adHocState = 2; } if (adHocState==3) { clearStaticIP(); wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(true); Log.e("DEBUG", out of ad hoc, turning wifi on"); adHocState = 0; }

} .

Make button: Connect from ad hoc

Button adHocOn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.AdHocOn); adHocOn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override public void onClick(View arg0) { final Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime(); try {
Process p =runtime.exec(new String[]{"/system/bin/su", "-c", "cp /mnt/sdcard/wpa_supplicant.conf_adHoc /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf"}); try {
p.waitFor(); Process q = runtime.exec(new String[]{"/system/bin/su", "-c", "/system/xbin/chmod 777 /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf"}); q.waitFor(); if(wifiManager.isWifiEnabled()==true){ Log.e("DEBUG", into ad hoc, turning wifi off"); wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(false); adHocState = 1; } else { setUpStaticIP(); wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(true); Log.e("DEBUG", into ad hoc, turning wifi on"); adHocState = 2; } Process qq = runtime.exec(new String[]{"/system/bin/su", "-c", "chown system.wifi /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf"}); qq.waitFor(); Log.e("DEBUG","could not wait for copying wpa_supplicant.conf"); Log.e("DEBUG",e.getMessage()); e.printStackTrace();

} catch (InterruptedException e) {

} } catch (IOException e) {
Log.e("DEBUG","exec failed"); e.printStackTrace(); Log.e("ERROR",e.getMessage());

});

Make button: disconnect from ad hoc

Button adHocOff = (Button)findViewById(R.id.AdHocOff); adHocOff.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override public void onClick(View arg0) { final Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime(); try {
Process p =runtime.exec(new String[]{"/system/bin/su", "-c", "cp /mnt/sdcard/wpa_supplicant.conf_orig /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf"}); try {
p.waitFor(); Process q = runtime.exec(new String[]{"/system/bin/su", "-c", "/system/xbin/chmod 777 /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf"}); q.waitFor(); if(wifiManager.isWifiEnabled()==true){ Log.e("DEBUG", out of ad hoc, turning wifi off"); wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(false); adHocState = 3; } else { setUpStaticIP(); wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(true); Log.e("DEBUG", out of ad hoc, turning wifi on"); adHocState = 0; } Process qq = runtime.exec(new String[]{"/system/bin/su", "-c", "chown system.wifi /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf"}); qq.waitFor(); Log.e("DEBUG","could not wait for copying wpa_supplicant.conf"); Log.e("DEBUG",e.getMessage()); e.printStackTrace();

} catch (InterruptedException e) {

} } catch (IOException e) {
Log.e("DEBUG","exec failed"); e.printStackTrace(); Log.e("ERROR",e.getMessage());

});

 Adb shell Ping c 3 192.168.4.2