Determining WiFi state

[Andras]

I need to know whether or not a wifi network is available to the device, and have tried to use the ABWifi library, which looks very handy.

With it, the app compiles properly but then runs into a fatal Java error on both the emulator and a target device as it lacks Android permission to access Wifi state.

Solutions or work-arounds? Ideas gratefully received!

Thanks!

John

 

[vb1992]

You can add the permission yourself.

Manifest Editor - Basic4android Wiki

 

[Andras]

You can add the permission yourself.

Manifest Editor - Basic4android Wiki

Thanks - I hadn't realised that.

However, appending the code following still produces the same error; I presume it's a syntax glitch, but I don't know the exact form of the incantation and the documentation is sparse:

AddPermission (android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE)

Presumably there's a little more to it than that?!

John

 

[GeorgeJ]

I am still learning myself, but could it be ...
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />

 

[vb1992]

AddPermission("android.permission.XYZ")

put in quotes

replace XYZ with what permission you want

 

[Erel]

Quotes are optional. Are you sure that this is the missing permission?

Can you post the error from the logs?

 

[Andras]

Thanks Erel!

Error message is as follows:

Neither user 10053 nor current process has android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE

Thanks!

John

 

[Andras]

Just to add to the above, adding the following line to the Manifest has no effect on the error message, so I still have a problem here.

AddPermission("android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE")

John

 

[vb1992]

Are you running ICS 4.0?

 

[Andras]

Ice Cream Sandwich? Nope - and I get the exact same error message from the emulator.

Odd one!

John

 

[Erel]

Make sure that the "do not overwrite manifest file" is not checked.

 

[Andras]

Make sure that the "do not overwrite manifest file" is not checked.

That's it! Thanks, Erel!

John

 

[alvinmb]

was this ever resolved?
I'm getting the same error when I try the ABwifi lib V 1.2 to get the MAC address of the device.