Airplane mode is a setting on mobile devices (smart phones, tablets, etc) that disables the cellular and WiFi radios of the device. Use with an appropriate programming language tag.
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How can one detect airplane mode on Android?
I have code in my application that detects if Wi-Fi is actively connected. That code triggers a RuntimeException if airplane mode is enabled. I would like to display a separate error message when in this mode anyway. How can I reliably detect if an…
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Toggle airplane mode in Android
Did I make a mistake? It's not working.
public void airplane() {
boolean isEnabled = Settings.System.getInt(this.getApplicationContext().getContentResolver(), Settings.System.AIRPLANE_MODE_ON, 0) == 1;
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How to programmatically enable and disable Flight mode on Android 4.2?
Is there a way to disable or enable Flight Mode on Android 4.2?
I use this code that works only for previous Android versions:
android.provider.Settings.System.putInt(
c.getContentResolver(),
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Toggling AirPlane mode in iOS Programmatically
I want to on/off airplane mode in iOS programmatically. After googling, i got some of the following links, and followed them,
Reachability airplane mode (3G) vs. Wifi
Using Private Framework: Importing RadioPreferences.h
Detect if iPhone is in…
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iphone how to check the Airplane mode?
HI ,
i want to check wether Airplane mode is on or not .. how to check that ?
thanks
+ how to check that the user is using WIFI or GPRS OR EDGE . how to differentiate ??
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How to toggle Airplane Mode on Android 4.2 and above using root?
As is known, on Android 4.2 only system applications can toggle Airplane Mode. But I think it must be available for rooted devices. And I want to impliment it in my application for rooted devices with Build.VERSION.SDK_INT>=17.
How to toggle…
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Activate airplane mode programmatically?
Does anyone know how to de/activate the airplane mode programmatically on the iPhone (OS 2.1)?
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Broadcast Receiver is taking too long to receive in onReceive() after airplane mode turned off/on
I have created a simple Broadcast Receiver and it working absolutely fine except that if i turned on/off the Air Plane Mode, it is taking nearly 2 minutes to receive the broadcasted messages using onReceive method. Another thing is only this is…
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Reset Android mobile network signal?
I need my app to reset the device's mobile network signal. This would have the same effect as toggling airplane mode where connectivity is temporarily lost, a new IP address is assigned upon reconnection, and the LTE/signal icon in the status bar…
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How to make number not reachable (similar to call blocker)?
There are lot of call blocking application for mobile, like NQ Call Blocker. But in these applications, if we add a number to blacklist, the caller will hear "Busy Tone". Also the caller can hear "Ringing Tone" for a fraction of second. Which means,…
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Is there a (legal) way to capture the ENTIRE screen under iOS?
I've tried several techniques to capture a screenshot of an app from within that app. None of the techniques appear to capture the status bar -- it ends up being black.
There apparently was once a way to do this, but that interface is internal and…
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How to be notified when iPhone enters airplane mode?
Is there a way for my app to be notified when the device enters (and leaves) airplane mode?
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Reachability on iOS 8 delayed?
The Reachability classes from Apple Reachability sample code seems to fire quite delayed when the user places the device into airplane mode. I am seeing roughly a 5 second gap between the user going to airplane mode and the actual notification.
Is…
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Android: Programmatically Reset Phone Radio Network Signal
Is there a way to RESET Phone Radio Network Signal in android app ? (This might be equivalent to pulling out and in SIM card)
One possible way is to enable airplane mode, but I think it is not the correct approach.
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Does Handler.sendMessageDelayed() work when phone goes to sleep?
I am developing an android application and I want to reduce the power consumption. The method I believe is to put the phone into sleep mode whenever the user activity stops for a certain threshold period. I have three questions regarding this.
If I…
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