Is it possible to switch wifi networks in Appium? - appium

Question

While executing my test suite I have to switch between different wifi networks available in Android Device.
In the middle of the execution I have to change my wifi connection from Wifi_Network_1 to Wifi_Network_2 provided ssid name and password of wifi network is known. How can it be done?
I am using:
Appium server -->1.8.1
java-client --> 6.1.0
selenium-java --> 3.13.0
Since NetworkConnectionSetting has been deprciated, I am not able to find alternate for it.
I can toggle wifi on/off using
driver.toggleWifi();
But it is not suitable for my case as i need to toggle between different wifi network available using SSID name and its password.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi I'am using this method due Appium deprecated their switch for wifi, and I've created my own override via console via commands from adb. It is working for me so give it a try:
public synchronized boolean wifiSetup(String udid, boolean flg) {
synchronized (this) {
String flgEnabled = (flg) ? "enable" : "disable";
List<String> output = Console.runProcess(false, "adb -s " + udid + " shell am broadcast -a io.appium.settings.wifi --es setstatus " + flgEnabled);
for (String line : output) {
System.err.println(line);
if (line.equalsIgnoreCase("Broadcast completed: result=-1"))
return true;
}
return false;
}
}
usage to switch off:
wifiSetup("xxxUDIDfromAndroid", false);
usage to switch on:
wifiSetup("xxxUDIDfromAndroid", true);
And here is part for calling console:
public class Console {
private static final String[] WIN_RUNTIME = { "cmd.exe", "/C" };
private static final String[] OS_LINUX_RUNTIME = { "/bin/bash", "-l", "-c" };
private Console() {
}
private static <T> T[] concat(T[] first, T[] second) {
T[] result = Arrays.copyOf(first, first.length + second.length);
System.arraycopy(second, 0, result, first.length, second.length);
return result;
}
#SuppressWarnings({ "hiding"})
private static <String> String[] concatStr(String[] first, String[] second) {
String[] result = Arrays.copyOf(first, first.length + second.length);
System.arraycopy(second, 0, result, first.length, second.length);
return result;
}
public static List<String> runProcess(boolean isWin, String... command) {
String[] allCommand = null;
try {
if (isWin) {
allCommand = concat(WIN_RUNTIME, command);
} else {
allCommand = concat(OS_LINUX_RUNTIME, command);
}
ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(allCommand);
pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
Process p = pb.start();
p.waitFor();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
String _temp = null;
List<String> line = new ArrayList<String>();
while ((_temp = in.readLine()) != null) {
// system.out.println("temp line: " + _temp);
line.add(_temp);
}
// system.out.println("result after command: " + line);
return line;
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
}
Hope this helps,