How to programatically check phone is wifi capable?

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How can I programatically check phone is wifi capable?

I'm NOT talking about enabling/disabling wifi. I want to get the presence of a wifi hardware/driver

@Preet Sangha no, that is not related to my question – Mithun Sreedharan Oct 13 '11 at 10:46 — Mithun Sreedharan, Oct 13 '11 at 10:46

score 4 · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-13T10:25:19.937

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~~boolean hasWifi = PackageManager.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_WIFI);~~

PackageManager p = ctx.getPackageManager();
boolean hasWifi = p.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_WIFI);

Check the documentation for further hardware constants that you can test. ctx is a Context instance.

Edit: Sniff, forgot the correct way to use it, fixed my example.

edited Oct 13 '11 at 10:25

answered Oct 13 '11 at 10:15

PackageManager.FEATURE_WIFI is from API Level 8 on-wards, any other way to check it on level 7? – Mithun Sreedharan Oct 13 '11 at 10:23
I don't know one from the top of my head, but I never needed such a feature for myself. Maybe someone else knows more. – Oct 13 '11 at 10:28

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '11 at 06:25

    PackageManager manager = getPackageManager();
    FeatureInfo info[] = manager.getSystemAvailableFeatures();
    for(int i=0; i<info.length; i++){
        if(((info[i].name)!=null)&&(info[i].name).equals("android.hardware.wifi")){
            Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Support wifi", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

hope this will help you

How to programatically check phone is wifi capable?

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