Launching mobile network settings screen programmatically

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I want to launch mobile network settings screen, so that user can enable/disable 3g or data connection. Can anybody tell me which intent I need to use for starting activity. I used

Intent in = new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_NETWORK_OPERATOR_SETTINGS )

and

Intent in = new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_DATA_ROAMING_SETTINGS  ).

but both of these didn't work.

I've tried this myself and couldn't get it to work, the closest thing that I found that you can do is to use this Intent: startActivity(new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_WIRELESS_SETTINGS)); It brings up the overall network settings and from there the user can go to mobile networks — Durza007, May 14 '11 at 08:01

score 41 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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They won't work because there was a bug that was fixed I think in 2.3.

See https://review.source.android.com/#/c/22229/

You can bypass this using (for NETWORK_OPERATOR_SETTINGS)

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
intent.setClassName("com.android.phone", "com.android.phone.NetworkSetting");
startActivity(intent);

Replace NetworkSetting with Settings for DATA_ROAMING_SETTINGS

there's another similar solution described in Error opening mobile network settings menu

UPDATE

I recently tested this and it seems that this workaround is still necessary up to API level 15. Since API level 16 the intents in the question seem to work correctly.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Jul 22 '11 at 11:54

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Thanks @Zharf. this was what i was looking for. intent.setClassName("com.android.phone", "com.android.phone.Settings"); – sandeep Jul 22 '11 at 15:56
@Zharif its open Available Network page, how to open data enable page for internet..? – May 31 '14 at 05:40
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isn't there a constatnt for 'com.android.phone' & 'com.android.phone.NetworkSetting' ?? – Shirish Herwade Apr 07 '15 at 09:27
@ShirishHerwade I'm not aware of them, but the problem here was that the regular intent action constants didn't work in 2.2 and earlier because of the linked bug. Frankly this shouldn't be something that people should worry about these days because no one should be targeting pre-ICS stuff :) – Zharf Apr 08 '15 at 08:24
so finally can you please tell me what will you recommend to use from 1. new Intent( android.provider.Settings. ACTION_NETWORK_OPERATOR_SETTINGS ) 2. new Intent(Settings. ACTION_DATA_ROAMING_SETTINGS) 3. new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN) I'm totally getting confused by seeing different answers to different question. My min sdk 14 – Shirish Herwade Apr 08 '15 at 10:13
@ShirishHerwade you should use number 1 or 2 depending on which view you want to show. – Zharf Apr 08 '15 at 11:48
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@ShirishHerwade huh, well I just tested this on my API 15 device actually and it seems that the Settings.ACTION_ constants still aren't working there... I guess you should use ACTION_MAIN then. Since API 16 the Settings.ACTION_ constants seem to work... – Zharf Apr 08 '15 at 12:05
thanks very very much for your time and efforts, its very useful info. You deserve upvote – Shirish Herwade Apr 08 '15 at 12:59
@Zharf can u please specify what permissions do we need for this? – AlexAndro Nov 01 '17 at 15:17
@AlexAndro you shouldn't need any permissions, it's just launching another (system) activity – Zharf Nov 01 '17 at 16:59

score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 28 '16 at 12:39

public class SettingsScreen
{

protected static void _showSettingScreen(String intentStr)
{
    try
    {
        Intent intent = new Intent(intentStr);
        intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
        Reference.getAppContext().startActivity(intent);
    }
    catch (Exception e) {Reference.showToast(e.toString(), true);}
}

public static void showSettingScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.SETTINGS");
}

public static void showAPNScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.APN_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showLocationScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showSecurityScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.SECURITY_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showWifiScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.WIFI_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showBluetoothScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.BLUETOOTH_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showDateScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.DATE_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showSoundScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.SOUND_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showDisplayScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.DISPLAY_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showApplicationScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.APPLICATION_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showNetworkSettingScreen()
{
    showDataRoamingScreen();
}

public static void showNetworkOperatorScreen()
{
    if(Reference.getSystemOptions().VERSION_SDK_INT > 15)
    {
        _showSettingScreen("android.settings.NETWORK_OPERATOR_SETTINGS");
    }
    else
    {
        Intent intent=new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_SETTINGS);
        intent.setClassName("com.android.phone", "com.android.phone.NetworkSetting");
        intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
        Reference.getAppContext().startActivity(intent);
    }
}

public static void showDataRoamingScreen()
{
    if(Reference.getSystemOptions().VERSION_SDK_INT > 15)
    {
        _showSettingScreen("android.settings.DATA_ROAMING_SETTINGS");
    }
    else
    {
        Intent intent=new Intent(Settings.ACTION_DATA_ROAMING_SETTINGS);
        ComponentName cName = new ComponentName("com.android.phone","com.android.phone.Settings");
        intent.setComponent(cName);
        intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
        Reference.getAppContext().startActivity(intent);
    }
}

public static void showDataMobileScreen()
{
    if(Reference.getSystemOptions().VERSION_SDK_INT > 15)
    {
        Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_WIRELESS_SETTINGS);//android.provider.Settings.ACTION_SETTINGS //Intent.ACTION_MAIN
        intent.setClassName("com.android.settings", "com.android.settings.Settings$DataUsageSummaryActivity");
        intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
        Reference.getAppContext().startActivity(intent);
    }
    else
    {
        showDataRoamingScreen();
    }
}

public static void showNotificationScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.NOTIFICATION_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showBatterySaverScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.BATTERY_SAVER_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showNfcScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.NFC_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showInternalStorageScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.INTERNAL_STORAGE_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showDictionarySettingScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.USER_DICTIONARY_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showManageApplicationsScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.MANAGE_APPLICATIONS_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showManageAllApplicationsScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.MANAGE_ALL_APPLICATIONS_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showMemoryCardScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.MEMORY_CARD_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showAirPlaneScreen()
{
    if(Reference.getSystemOptions().VERSION_SDK_INT > 16)
    {
        if(Reference.getSystemOptions().BRAND.equalsIgnoreCase("Lenovo"))
        {
            showSettingScreen();
        }
        else
        {
            _showSettingScreen("android.settings.WIRELESS_SETTINGS");
        }
    }
    else
    {
        _showSettingScreen("android.settings.AIRPLANE_MODE_SETTINGS");
    }
}

public static void showWirelessScreen()
{
    _showSettingScreen("android.settings.WIRELESS_SETTINGS");
}

public static void showWifiScreenSafe()
{
    try
    {
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
        intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
        ComponentName cn = new ComponentName("com.android.settings", "com.android.settings.wifi.WifiSettings");
        intent.setComponent(cn);
        intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
        Reference.getAppContext().startActivity(intent);
    }
    catch (Exception e)
        {}
}
}

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 21 '16 at 06:46

I'll try to answer, dispite of the fact this question was asked a few years ago. If what you're trying to do is to launch the "Data usage" screen. Try this snippet of code. It worked for me.

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
        intent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.android.settings",
                "com.android.settings.Settings$DataUsageSummaryActivity"));
        intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
        startActivity(intent);

A partial solution since not all devices have this _com.android.settings.Settings$DataUsageSummaryActivity_ class. One should check if exist before firing the intent. — Tomer Petel, Jun 16 '18 at 05:52

android developer · Answer 4 · 2021-07-01T13:29:58.473

You can use this for Android API 29, which shows a small UI for toggling Wifi/mobile-data :

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
    startActivity(Intent(android.provider.Settings.Panel.ACTION_INTERNET_CONNECTIVITY))
}

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Panel#ACTION_INTERNET_CONNECTIVITY

Focusing on Mobile-data settings:

startActivity(Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_DATA_ROAMING_SETTINGS))

Focusing on Wifi settings:

startActivity( Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_WIFI_SETTINGS))

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 21 '16 at 07:16

There are two possibilities:

It brings up the overall network settings and from there the user can go to mobile networks

startActivity(new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_WIRELESS_SETTINGS));

As Zharf suggested:

It brings up the Mobile network settings and from there the user can enable network

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
intent.setClassName("com.android.phone","com.android.phone.NetworkSetting");
startActivity(intent);

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 11 '19 at 10:04

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In my case (android 9) this intent lands directly on mobile data settings:

val intent = Intent(Settings.ACTION_DATA_ROAMING_SETTINGS)
context.startActivity(intent)

answered Dec 11 '19 at 10:04

Nicola Gallazzi

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