Appium Concepts : Enabling & Disabling “Wifi” via Appium(Built-In Method) at Runtime

Appium Built-in Method: “.toggleWifi()”

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Inthis Article, We will discuss how to Enable & Disable “Wifi” via Appium(Built-In Method) at Runtime

Appium Built-In Method : — “.toggleWifi()”

Description:

Toggles the Wi-Fi state on a device. If Wi-Fi is currently enabled, this function disables it.

If Wi-Fi is currently disabled, this function enables it.

Returns:

• true or a success indicator if the operation completes successfully.
• false or an error/exception if the operation fails or is unsupported.

Basic Syntax:

device.toggleWifi(); // Turns Wi-Fi on if it's off, or off if it's on

“Complete Code: Optimized and Ready to Use”:

package com.appiumguide.appiumconcepts;

import org.testng.annotations.AfterTest;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.android.options.UiAutomator2Options;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.*;
import java.time.Duration;

/**
 * Script Details - Appium Concepts : Enabling & Disabling “Wifi” via Appium(Built-In Method) at Runtime
 * 
 * appium-java-client version: Latest
 * 
 * @author 'Ramesh Kodumuru' for AppiumGuide [appiumguide@gmail.com]
 */

public class ChangeWifiStateDemo {
 
 private AndroidDriver driver;
     
 @BeforeTest
 public void setup() throws MalformedURLException {
  UiAutomator2Options cap=new UiAutomator2Options();
  cap.setPlatformName("android");
  cap.setAutomationName("uiautomator2");
  cap.setDeviceName("Pixel8");
  
     
  driver = new AndroidDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723"), cap);
  driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(100));
  
 }
 
  
 @Test
 public void test() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
  
  //Enable or disable the Wifi State at runtime
  
  //Disable the Wifi State(if already enabled)
  driver.toggleWifi();
  System.out.println("Wifi State is disabled");
  Thread.sleep(5000);
  
  //Enabled the Wifi State(if wifi is disabled
  driver.toggleWifi();
  System.out.println("Wifi State got enabled");
  
  }
   
  
 @AfterTest
 public void teardown() {
  
  if(driver!=null) {
   driver.quit();
   System.out.println("Test Completed");
  }
  
 }

}

Note:

• The exact implementation and availability of .toggleWifi() depend on the platform or API (e.g., Android, custom JavaScript environments, automation libraries).
• May require special permissions depending on the environment (e.g., system-level permissions on Android).

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