Android Hardware Name

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Is there a way to get the name of the wireless hardware on the phone. For instance on the Moto Atrix it is eth0. This is different on other devices however and I need to know what its name is per device. Any way to do this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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The method call

    NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces()

will return you an Enumeration of NetworkInterface objects. Then you can compare the MAC address of the NetworkInterface (getHardwareAddress()) with the MAC address of your WifiInfo:

    WifiManager wifi = (WifiManager) getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
    WifiInfo info = wifi.getConnectionInfo();
    String mac = info.getMacAddress();

If you want to know how to compare the String with the byte array, then look here.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Nov 14 '11 at 13:49

Franziskus Karsunke

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Yep I have this, but how can I determine that the device is for sure wireless. I understand the OS will filter out everything except the loopback and the wireless device. But is there anything that specifically tells me its wireless? – jjNford Nov 14 '11 at 13:54
When I do the getHadwareAddress its not returning the correct data. I have converted to a string and it give me random character ? I'm using API level 10. Any reason why? – jjNford Nov 14 '11 at 15:29

Android Hardware Name

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