Disable/Enabling mobile data programmatically in Android

Question

I am trying to enable/disable mobile data.

First, is it possible to implement this?

I am gone through the below link

But I am not getting the right way to implement this.

Getting InvocationTargetException and not able to add MODIFY_PHONE_STATE also in android manifest file as it is a system-only permission.

And from forum I came to know that it was deprecated after Gingerbread.

How do I need to implement this?

did you added these permissions uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE" uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" — Shruti
– Shruti, Commented Aug 20, 2014 at 6:21
MODIFY_PHONE_STATE cannot be used by third party apps. Check this documentation.developer.android.com/reference/android/… — Shruti
– Shruti, Commented Aug 20, 2014 at 6:26
Users would not like this behavior and its not possible without user interaction. — Arash GM
– Arash GM, Commented Aug 20, 2014 at 6:30

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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I am trying to enable/disable mobile data.

First, is it possible to implement this?

No, that's not possible to achieve by third-party apps. Enabling/disabling mobile data should be done through system Settings app UI.

What you can do is to provide an instruction to end user on how to enable/disable mobile data and direct them to Settings app.

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answered Aug 20, 2014 at 6:34

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