Enabling WiFi on Android Emulator
Wifi is not available on the emulator if you are using below of API level 25.
When using an AVD with API level 25 or higher, the emulator provides a
simulated Wi-Fi access point ("AndroidWifi"), and Android
automatically connects to it.
More Information:
https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator.html#wifi
Android Studio - Android Emulator Wifi Connected with No Internet
@TheBaj : I figured the problem with this and fixed it. The problem is when you are connected through the router, the androidwifi in your emulator uses the settings and the sets the DNS to something other than 8.8.8.8 which is the google DNS(I presume this is kinda mandatory setting for the androidwifi to gain internet access). But if i change the DNS in my network settings, the google-services plugin which fetches your dependencies especially the one's getting downloaded from jcenter()
will not be downloaded and hence your sync will fail which eventually fails your build.
So the trick is that you have your google DNS(8.8.8.8) configured in your network settings after your default router settings - this part takes care of downloading the dependencies from jcenter()
and the sync and build succeeds.
Now launch your emulator with emulator @Nexus_5X_API_27 -dns-server 8.8.8.8
command from the terminal which forces the emulator to use 8.8.8.8 as its DNS and the emulator will have internet.
I am working on a react-native app, so for me android studio is needless and i have configured my bashrc to launch the different emulators as follows,
function emunex5 {
emulator @Nexus_5X_API_27 -dns-server 8.8.8.8
}
function emunex6 {
emulator @Nexus_6_API_27 -dns-server 8.8.8.8
}
function emupix {
emulator @Pixel_XL_API_27 -dns-server 8.8.8.8
}
So from one terminal i launch the emulator of my choice and then run the build on another terminal which runs my app on the launched emulator and MY FREAKING EMULATOR HAS INTERNET ACCESS. :)
Try this out and i hope this helps.
Thanks,
Vikram
How to connect android emulator to the internet
I think some of the answers may have addressed this, however obliquely, but here's what worked for me.
Assuming your problem is occurring when you're on a wireless network and you have a LAN card installed, the issue is that the emulator tries to obtain its DNS settings from that LAN card. Not a problem when you're connected via that LAN, but utterly useless if you're on a wireless connection. I noticed this when I was on my laptop.
So, how to fix? Simple: Disable your LAN card. Really. Just go to your Network connections, find your LAN card, right click it and choose disable. Now try your emulator. If you're like me, it suddenly ... works!
How do I disable the Internet connection in Android Emulator?
From Eclipse
To disable the Internet connection, go to Eclipse and do
menu Window -> Show view -> Other -> Android -> Devices
Now select your running emulator and again go to:
menu Window -> Show View -> Other -> Android -> Emulator Control
Now in that... set Data to Unregister from Home.
From Device and Emulator
On the device or in the emulator, go to:
Setting -> Wireless & networks -> Airplane Mode -> OK
Internet stopped working on Android Emulator (Mac OS)
In Mac OS go to:
System Preferences -> Network -> select Wi-Fi os left panel -> Advanced on right panel -> DNS -> add new DNS server; for example 8.8.8.8
and 8.8.4.4
(Google Public DNS) or 1.1.1.1
and 1.0.0.1
(Cloudflare and APNIC DNS) or another public DNS provider. Then restart the emulator so the changes take effect.
Edited jun/2020
Another option is to pass dns-server params when start Android emulator.
According with this solution https://stackoverflow.com/a/51858653/3328566, I changed the emulator executable name and I created a bash script to load the AVD with param -dns-server 8.8.8.8
.
In your Android SDK default folder /Users/[MY_USER_ACCOUNT]/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator
- Rename the binary
emulator
toemulator_original
- Create a bash script named
emulator
that contains:
#!/bin/bash
/Users/[MY_USER_ACCOUNT]/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator_original -dns-server 8.8.8.8 $@
- Change the script permissions with
chmod +x emulator
Now, you can start AVD from Android Studio normally
In this case, you don't need to set DNS server in System Preferences. You are setting the DNS server only for the emulator, avoiding other problems
Is it possible to programmatically enable wifi on Android 10 devices?
No, This is not possible to enable
or disable
Wi-Fi programmatically
from Android-10
API level 29
[Until google provides an alternative solution].
For applications targeting Build.VERSION_CODES.Q or above, this API will always return false and will have no effect.
If apps are targeting an older SDK ( Build.VERSION_CODES.P or below), they can continue to use this API.
There is an issue 128554616 which already has been created in google issuetracker
forum. You can see there for any updated info.
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