Android - Still can't remove Wifi Network Programatically

Question

After reading several other questions/answers, I'm still having an issue using wifiManager.removeNetwork to work.

According to:

Android - Cant Remove Wifi Network Programatically- The method removeNetwork(int) in the type WifiManager is not applicable for the arguments (String)

and

How to forget a wireless network in android programmatically?

...my code should work:

WifiManager wifiMAN = (WifiManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);

for (WifiConfiguration wifiCon : wifiMAN.getConfiguredNetworks()) {
    if (wifiCon.SSID.equals( "\""+ targetNetworkName +"\"")) {
        wifiMAN.removeNetwork(wifiCon.networkId)) {
        wifiMAN.saveConfiguration();
        break;
    }
}

However, when I test on API 23 it doesn't work. Looking through the code nothing appears depreciated and the code works on API 21. Anyone have any ideas?

Go through the following link for details, stackoverflow.com/a/51081719/7094064 — Akshay Kumar S
– Akshay Kumar S, Commented Jun 28, 2018 at 11:31

SirJavaGaming · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-26 09:08:48Z

8

This is intended behavior. As of Android M apps are not allowed to modify networks that they did not create.

See: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=187347 and https://developer.android.com/about/versions/marshmallow/android-6.0-changes.html#behavior-network

answered Feb 26, 2017 at 9:08

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CJ Barnwell Over a year ago

Thank you! This is helpful!

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