Added in API level 29

Summary: Ctors | Methods | Inherited Methods

WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder

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Kotlin |Java

public static final class WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder
extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.net.wifi.WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder

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Builder used to create WifiNetworkSpecifier objects.

Summary

Public constructors
Builder()

Public methods
WifiNetworkSpecifier	build() Create a specifier object used to request a Wi-Fi network.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setBand(int band) Specifies the band requested for this network.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setBssid(MacAddress bssid) Set the BSSID to use for filtering networks from scan results.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setBssidPattern(MacAddress baseAddress, MacAddress mask) Set the BSSID match pattern to use for filtering networks from scan results.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setIsEnhancedOpen(boolean isEnhancedOpen) Specifies whether this represents an Enhanced Open (OWE) network.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setIsHiddenSsid(boolean isHiddenSsid) Specifies whether this represents a hidden network.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setPreferredChannelsFrequenciesMhz(int[] channelFreqs) Specifies the preferred channels for this network.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setSsid(String ssid) Set the unicode SSID for the network.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setSsidPattern(PatternMatcher ssidPattern) Set the unicode SSID match pattern to use for filtering networks from scan results.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setWpa2EnterpriseConfig(WifiEnterpriseConfig enterpriseConfig) Set the associated enterprise configuration for this network.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setWpa2Passphrase(String passphrase) Set the ASCII WPA2 passphrase for this network.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setWpa3Enterprise192BitModeConfig(WifiEnterpriseConfig enterpriseConfig) Set the associated enterprise configuration for this network.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setWpa3EnterpriseConfig(WifiEnterpriseConfig enterpriseConfig) This method was deprecated in API level 31. use setWpa3EnterpriseStandardModeConfig(android.net.wifi.WifiEnterpriseConfig) or setWpa3Enterprise192BitModeConfig(android.net.wifi.WifiEnterpriseConfig) to specify WPA3-Enterprise type explicitly.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setWpa3EnterpriseStandardModeConfig(WifiEnterpriseConfig enterpriseConfig) Set the associated enterprise configuration for this network.
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	setWpa3Passphrase(String passphrase) Set the ASCII WPA3 passphrase for this network.

Inherited methods

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Public constructors

Builder

Added in API level 29

public Builder ()

Public methods

build

Added in API level 29

public WifiNetworkSpecifier build ()

Create a specifier object used to request a Wi-Fi network. The generated NetworkSpecifier should be used in NetworkRequest.Builder.setNetworkSpecifier(NetworkSpecifier) when building the NetworkRequest.

When using with ConnectivityManager.requestNetwork(NetworkRequest, NetworkCallback) or variants, note that some devices may not support requesting a network with all combinations of specifier members. For example, some devices may only support requesting local-only networks (networks without the NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_INTERNET capability), or not support requesting a particular band. However, there are no restrictions when using ConnectivityManager.registerNetworkCallback(NetworkRequest, NetworkCallback) or other similar methods which monitor but do not request networks. If the device can't support a request, the app will receive a call to NetworkCallback.onUnavailable().

When requesting a local-only network, apps can set a combination of network match params:

SSID Pattern using setSsidPattern(android.os.PatternMatcher) OR Specific SSID using setSsid(java.lang.String).

AND/OR

BSSID Pattern using setBssidPattern(android.net.MacAddress, android.net.MacAddress) OR Specific BSSID using setBssid(android.net.MacAddress)

to trigger connection to a network that matches the set params. The system will find the set of networks matching the request and present the user with a system dialog which will allow the user to select a specific Wi-Fi network to connect to or to deny the request. To protect user privacy, some limitations to the ability of matching patterns apply. In particular, when the system brings up a network to satisfy a NetworkRequest from some app, the system reserves the right to decline matching the SSID pattern to the real SSID of the network for other apps than the app that requested the network, and not send those callbacks even if the SSID matches the requested pattern.

For example: To connect to an open network with a SSID prefix of "test" and a BSSID OUI of "10:03:23":

final NetworkSpecifier specifier =
      new Builder()
      .setSsidPattern(new PatternMatcher("test", PatternMatcher.PATTERN_PREFIX))
      .setBssidPattern(MacAddress.fromString("10:03:23:00:00:00"),
                       MacAddress.fromString("ff:ff:ff:00:00:00"))
      .build()
 final NetworkRequest request =
      new NetworkRequest.Builder()
      .addTransportType(NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_WIFI)
      .removeCapability(NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_INTERNET)
      .setNetworkSpecifier(specifier)
      .build();
 final ConnectivityManager connectivityManager =
      context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
 final NetworkCallback networkCallback = new NetworkCallback() {
      ...
      {@literal @}Override
      void onAvailable(...) {}
      // etc.
 };
 connectivityManager.requestNetwork(request, networkCallback);
 

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier	Instance of NetworkSpecifier. This value cannot be null.

Throws
IllegalStateException	on invalid params set.

setBand

Added in API level 31

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setBand (int band)

Specifies the band requested for this network. Only a single band can be requested. An app can file multiple callbacks concurrently if they need to know about multiple bands.

Parameters
band	int: The requested band. Value is ScanResult.UNSPECIFIED, ScanResult.WIFI_BAND_24_GHZ, ScanResult.WIFI_BAND_5_GHZ, ScanResult.WIFI_BAND_6_GHZ, or ScanResult.WIFI_BAND_60_GHZ

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

setBssid

Added in API level 29

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setBssid (MacAddress bssid)

Set the BSSID to use for filtering networks from scan results. Will only match network whose BSSID is identical to the specified value.

Sets the BSSID to use for filtering networks from scan results. Will only match networks whose BSSID is identical to specified value.

Overrides any previous value set using setBssid(android.net.MacAddress) or setBssidPattern(android.net.MacAddress, android.net.MacAddress).

Parameters
bssid	MacAddress: BSSID of the network. This value cannot be null.

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

setBssidPattern

Added in API level 29

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setBssidPattern (MacAddress baseAddress, 
                MacAddress mask)

Set the BSSID match pattern to use for filtering networks from scan results. Will match all networks with BSSID which satisfies the following: BSSID & mask == baseAddress.

Overrides any previous value set using setBssid(android.net.MacAddress) or setBssidPattern(android.net.MacAddress, android.net.MacAddress).

Parameters
baseAddress	MacAddress: Base address for BSSID pattern. This value cannot be null.
mask	MacAddress: Mask for BSSID pattern. This value cannot be null.

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

setIsEnhancedOpen

Added in API level 29

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setIsEnhancedOpen (boolean isEnhancedOpen)

Specifies whether this represents an Enhanced Open (OWE) network.

Parameters
isEnhancedOpen	boolean: true to indicate that the network uses enhanced open, false otherwise.

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

setIsHiddenSsid

Added in API level 29

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setIsHiddenSsid (boolean isHiddenSsid)

Specifies whether this represents a hidden network.

Setting this disallows the usage of setSsidPattern(android.os.PatternMatcher) since hidden networks need to be explicitly probed for.

If not set, defaults to false (i.e not a hidden network).

Parameters
isHiddenSsid	boolean: true to indicate that the network is hidden, false otherwise.

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

setPreferredChannelsFrequenciesMhz

Added in API level 34

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setPreferredChannelsFrequenciesMhz (int[] channelFreqs)

Specifies the preferred channels for this network. The channels set in the request will be used to optimize the scan and connection.

Should only be set to request local-only network

If not set, defaults to an empty array and device will do a full band scan.

Parameters
channelFreqs	int: an Array of the channels in MHz. The length of the array must not exceed WifiManager.getMaxNumberOfChannelsPerNetworkSpecifierRequest() This value cannot be null.

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

setSsid

Added in API level 29

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setSsid (String ssid)

Set the unicode SSID for the network.

Sets the SSID to use for filtering networks from scan results. Will only match networks whose SSID is identical to the UTF-8 encoding of the specified value.

Overrides any previous value set using setSsid(java.lang.String) or setSsidPattern(android.os.PatternMatcher).

Parameters
ssid	String: The SSID of the network. It must be valid Unicode. This value cannot be null.

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

Throws
IllegalArgumentException	if the SSID is not valid unicode.

setSsidPattern

Added in API level 29

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setSsidPattern (PatternMatcher ssidPattern)

Set the unicode SSID match pattern to use for filtering networks from scan results.

Overrides any previous value set using setSsid(java.lang.String) or setSsidPattern(android.os.PatternMatcher).

Parameters
ssidPattern	PatternMatcher: Instance of PatternMatcher containing the UTF-8 encoded string pattern to use for matching the network's SSID. This value cannot be null.

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

setWpa2EnterpriseConfig

Added in API level 29

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setWpa2EnterpriseConfig (WifiEnterpriseConfig enterpriseConfig)

Set the associated enterprise configuration for this network. Needed for authenticating to WPA2-EAP networks. See WifiEnterpriseConfig for description. Local-only connection will not support Trust On First Use (TOFU). If TOFU is enabled on this Enterprise Config, framework will reject the connection. See WifiEnterpriseConfig.enableTrustOnFirstUse(boolean)

Parameters
enterpriseConfig	WifiEnterpriseConfig: Instance of WifiEnterpriseConfig. This value cannot be null.

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

setWpa2Passphrase

Added in API level 29

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setWpa2Passphrase (String passphrase)

Set the ASCII WPA2 passphrase for this network. Needed for authenticating to WPA2-PSK networks.

Parameters
passphrase	String: passphrase of the network. This value cannot be null.

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

Throws
IllegalArgumentException	if the passphrase is not ASCII encodable.

setWpa3Enterprise192BitModeConfig

Added in API level 31

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setWpa3Enterprise192BitModeConfig (WifiEnterpriseConfig enterpriseConfig)

Set the associated enterprise configuration for this network. Needed for authenticating to WPA3-Enterprise in 192-bit security mode networks. See WifiEnterpriseConfig for description. Both the client and CA certificates must be provided, and must be of type of either sha384WithRSAEncryption with key length of 3072bit or more (OID 1.2.840.113549.1.1.12), or ecdsa-with-SHA384 with key length of 384bit or more (OID 1.2.840.10045.4.3.3). Local-only connection will not support Trust On First Use (TOFU). If TOFU is enabled on this Enterprise Config, framework will reject the connection. See WifiEnterpriseConfig.enableTrustOnFirstUse

Parameters
enterpriseConfig	WifiEnterpriseConfig: Instance of WifiEnterpriseConfig. This value cannot be null.

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

Throws
IllegalArgumentException	if the EAP type or certificates do not meet 192-bit mode requirements.

setWpa3EnterpriseConfig

Added in API level 29
Deprecated in API level 31

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setWpa3EnterpriseConfig (WifiEnterpriseConfig enterpriseConfig)

This method was deprecated in API level 31.
use setWpa3EnterpriseStandardModeConfig(android.net.wifi.WifiEnterpriseConfig) or setWpa3Enterprise192BitModeConfig(android.net.wifi.WifiEnterpriseConfig) to specify WPA3-Enterprise type explicitly.

Set the associated enterprise configuration for this network. Needed for authenticating to WPA3-Enterprise networks (standard and 192-bit security). See WifiEnterpriseConfig for description. For 192-bit security networks, both the client and CA certificates must be provided, and must be of type of either sha384WithRSAEncryption (OID 1.2.840.113549.1.1.12) or ecdsa-with-SHA384 (OID 1.2.840.10045.4.3.3).

Parameters
enterpriseConfig	WifiEnterpriseConfig: Instance of WifiEnterpriseConfig. This value cannot be null.

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

setWpa3EnterpriseStandardModeConfig

Added in API level 31

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setWpa3EnterpriseStandardModeConfig (WifiEnterpriseConfig enterpriseConfig)

Set the associated enterprise configuration for this network. Needed for authenticating to standard WPA3-Enterprise networks. See WifiEnterpriseConfig for description. For WPA3-Enterprise in 192-bit security mode networks, see setWpa3Enterprise192BitModeConfig(android.net.wifi.WifiEnterpriseConfig) for description. Local-only connection will not support Trust On First Use (TOFU). If TOFU is enabled on this Enterprise Config, framework will reject the connection. See WifiEnterpriseConfig.enableTrustOnFirstUse(boolean)

Parameters
enterpriseConfig	WifiEnterpriseConfig: Instance of WifiEnterpriseConfig. This value cannot be null.

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

setWpa3Passphrase

Added in API level 29

public WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder setWpa3Passphrase (String passphrase)

Set the ASCII WPA3 passphrase for this network. Needed for authenticating to WPA3-SAE networks.

Parameters
passphrase	String: passphrase of the network. This value cannot be null.

Returns
WifiNetworkSpecifier.Builder	Instance of Builder to enable chaining of the builder method. This value cannot be null.

Throws
IllegalArgumentException	if the passphrase is not ASCII encodable.