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simple code snippet to enable WI-FI in android programatically in android. public boolean enableWIFI() { WifiManager wifiManager = (WifiManager) this.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE); if(wifiManager.isWifiEnabled()) { if(wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(false)) return true; } else { if(wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(true)) return true; } return false; } Make sure that you add the permissions: <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE">

WifiManager wifi = (WifiManager) getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE); wifi.setWifiEnabled(enabled);