Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: home screen icon to connect to wi-fi network Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:52:09 +0200 Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <1g80yhgozelcl.dlg@v.nguard.lh> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net fWX4saX3y5RKr75XWj4iqgsIWQJiAkH/0KIYd1iMz4caaphCMu Cancel-Lock: sha1:PbxQsI6H6Ps8WyxV6vU7Pg0xXcM= sha256:gXAW0Nsrer55De+6XX8SfmTH17CvzKPaJF56YRK8arY= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:143383 Enrico Papaloma, 2024-09-15 19:18: > On 9/15/2024 12:15 PM, VanguardLH wrote: >> I doubt your finger is faster to click an icon, and run a process to >> select a wifi hotspot, than the scanning to determine which wifi hotspot >> is within reach and has the strongest signal. Of course, that assume >> automatic hotspot connect, not where you have to authorize the connect. >> >> https://source.android.com/docs/core/connect/wifi-network-selection > > Thank you for trying to help me as I have spent hours and hours on this, > where all I want is something so basic that I don't know why it's hard. > > All I want is to put a shortcut on my home screen that connects to a known > access point bssid/ssid pairing, which should be simple to create, right? No, since user Apps are not allowed to connect to networks, only the system itself or "system" apps which got provided by Google as part of Android or the phone manufacturer can do this. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de