I just got confirmation that my software is failing to detect the
presence of wi-fi capability in a Motorola Droid Bionic, which
obviously does have wi-fi capability. So why is
PackageManager.hasSystemFeatures(PackageManager.FEATURE_WIFI) failing
to report this?
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That's a fine question to ask over on the MOTODEV support boards, as
you stand a better chance of getting an actual Motorola response.
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 7:55 PM, RLScott fixthatpi...@yahoo.com wrote:
I just got confirmation that my software is failing to detect the
presence of wi-fi
I know that the MAC may not be available if wifi is not turned no. That is not
what I was asking. I want to know if the device even has the capability for
wifi. Can I find that out reliably even if wifi happens to be turned off?
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You could try turning it on with WifiManager.setWifiEnabled, and check
the return value. With appropriate UI it might not be so bad.
Another idea is to check for the presence of low-level WiFi related
files (such as /etc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf). This is clearly outside
the boundaries of what a
The Parrot Asteroid is a prime example. It does have BT, however, so
instead of using the WiFi MAC address I use the BT MAC address as part of
the unique identifier.
On Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:55:39 PM UTC-5, RLScott wrote:
I may have found a problem in using the Wi-Fi Mac Address as a
2012/3/4 Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com:
You could try turning it on with WifiManager.setWifiEnabled, and check
the return value. With appropriate UI it might not be so bad.
Another idea is to check for the presence of low-level WiFi related
files (such as /etc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf).
You have seen this post? (I assume so..)
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/03/identifying-app-installations.html
This is important enough that someone should turn this into a library,
perhaps I will soonish?
As for whether or not the MAC is available, I believe that it may be
that it
Can anyone tell me how to determine if a device has WiFi even if that
WiFi is turned off?
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I don't have the answer to your original question, but...
If you've come across devices where you can't get the mac address,
perhaps you'd consider not using it at all?
There are several fairly reliable data pieces even without the mac, and
you could combine them into one, mix in the current
Persistent storage is the problem. Sure, I could come up with
randomly-generated unique ID. But anywhere I could store that ID is
subject to erasure if my app is accidentally uninstalled. And if I
make that ID user-accessible, then it could be spoofed and my copy
protection scheme would be
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