Wi-Fi

You can connect to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and transfer data over the network. The Wi-Fi Manager enables your application to activate and deactivate a local Wi-Fi device, and to connect to a WLAN network in the infrastructure mode.

The main features of the Wi-Fi Manager API include:

  • Wi-Fi device and connection management

    You can to implement and manage Wi-Fi connections with the Wi-Fi Manager API (in mobile and wearable applications). For example, you can activate or deactivate a local Wi-Fi device, connect to an access point asynchronously, and scan for available access points and retrieve information from the found access points.

  • Access point management

    You can connect to a specific access point (AP) with the Access Point API (in mobile and wearable applications). The infrastructure mode is used to connect to a wireless local area network (WLAN). The infrastructure mode requires a wireless AP. To connect to a WLAN, a client must be configured to use the same service set identifier (SSID) as the AP.

    To manage APs, you must create an AP handle (wifi_manager_ap_h), which allows you to retrieve Wi-Fi network and security information:

    • Network information details, such as the SSID, frequency band, and maximum speed of the access point, are available through the Network Information API (in mobile and wearable applications).

    • Security information details, such as the used encryption type and whether WPS is supported, are available through the Security Information API (in mobile and wearable applications).

      You can also obtain EAP information through the EAP API (in mobile and wearable applications).

  • Wi-Fi state monitoring

    You can register a callback with the Wi-Fi Monitor API (in mobile and wearable applications) to monitor the Wi-Fi connection state changes. The supported states are defined in the wifi_manager_connection_state_e enumerator (in mobile and wearable applications).

    You can also register callbacks for monitoring changes in the Wi-Fi device state (whether Wi-Fi is activated) and the RSSI level of the Wi-Fi connection.

Note

You can test the Wi-Fi functionality only on a target device. The emulator does not support this feature.

Prerequisites

To enable your application to use the Wi-Fi functionality:

  1. To use the Wi-Fi Manager API (in mobile and wearable applications), the application has to request permission by adding the following privileges to the tizen-manifest.xml file:

    <privileges>
   <privilege>http://tizen.org/privilege/network.get</privilege>
   <privilege>http://tizen.org/privilege/network.set</privilege>
   <privilege>http://tizen.org/privilege/network.profile</privilege>
</privileges>

  2. To use the functions and data types of the Wi-Fi Manager API, include the <wifi-manager.h> header file in your application:

    #include <wifi-manager.h>

  3. To be able to use all Wi-Fi functions, initialize Wi-Fi using the wifi_manager_initialize() function:

    wifi_manager_h wifi;
int error_code;

error_code = wifi_manager_initialize(&wifi);
if (error_code != WIFI_ERROR_NONE)
    return;

  4. When Wi-Fi is no longer needed or the application is exiting, release Wi-Fi:

    wifi_manager_deinitialize(wifi);

Note

The Wi-Fi feature is not thread-safe and depends on the ecore main loop. Implement Wi-Fi within the ecore main loop, and do not use it in a thread.

Activating a Wi-Fi Device

To activate and deactivate a local Wi-Fi device, and to check that Wi-Fi is activated:

  1. Activate a Wi-Fi device using the wifi_manager_activate() function:

    error_code = wifi_manager_activate(wifi, __wifi_manager_activated_cb, NULL);

    Define the __wifi_manager_activated_cb() callback, which is invoked when the Wi-Fi activation is completed.

    In the following example, the callback prints an information message using the dlogutil tool:

    static void
__wifi_manager_activated_cb(wifi_error_e result, void *user_data)
{
    if (result == WIFI_ERROR_NONE)
        dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Success to activate Wi-Fi device!");
}

  2. Check the Wi-Fi connection using the wifi_manager_is_activated() function. The parameter indicates whether Wi-Fi is activated.

    bool wifi_manager_activated = false;
wifi_manager_is_activated(wifi, &wifi_manager_activated);
if (wifi_manager_activated)
    dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Success to get Wi-Fi device state.");
else
    dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Failed to get Wi-Fi device state.");

  3. To deactivate the Wi-Fi device when Wi-Fi is no longer needed (or the application is exiting), use the wifi_manager_deactivate() function:

    wifi_manager_deactivate(wifi, NULL, NULL);

Scanning for Access Points

To scan nearby access points and print the scanning result, such as the AP name and state:

  1. Scan nearby access points asynchronously:

    wifi_manager_scan(wifi, __scan_request_cb, NULL);

  2. Define a callback, which is invoked when the scan is finished.

    In the following example, the callback calls the wifi_manager_foreach_found_ap() function for getting information on the found AP. The wifi_manager_foreach_found_ap() function gets the result of the scan, and the __wifi_manager_found_ap_cb() callback is called for each found access point.

    void
__scan_request_cb(wifi_error_e error_code, void *user_data)
{
    error_code = wifi_manager_foreach_found_ap(wifi, __wifi_manager_found_ap_cb, NULL);
    if (error_code != WIFI_ERROR_NONE)
        dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Failed to scan");
}

  3. Show the result of the scan using the __wifi_manager_found_ap_cb() callback.

    In the following example, the callback prints the AP name and connection state:

    bool
__wifi_manager_found_ap_cb(wifi_ap_h ap, void *user_data)
{
    int error_code = 0;
    char *ap_name = NULL;
    wifi_connection_state_e state;

    error_code = wifi_manager_ap_get_essid(ap, &ap_name);
    if (error_code != WIFI_ERROR_NONE) {
        dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Failed to get AP name.");

        return false;
    }
    error_code = wifi_manager_ap_get_connection_state(ap, &state);
    if (error_code != WIFI_ERROR_NONE) {
        dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Failed to get state.");

        return false;
    }
    dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "AP name: %s, state: %s", ap_name, print_state(state));

    return true;
}

static const char*
print_state(wifi_connection_state_e state)
{
    switch (state) {
    case WIFI_CONNECTION_STATE_DISCONNECTED:
        return "Disconnected";
    case WIFI_CONNECTION_STATE_ASSOCIATION:
        return "Association";
    case WIFI_CONNECTION_STATE_CONNECTED:
        return "Connected";
    case WIFI_CONNECTION_STATE_CONFIGURATION:
        return "Configuration";
    }
}

    You can get other information, including frequency, IP address, and security type. For more information, see access point management.

Connecting to a Specific Access Point

To make a connection using a specific access point:

  1. Select an access point.

    Check whether Wi-Fi is activated using the wifi_manager_is_activated() function, and receive the specific AP name from the user. Call the wifi_manager_foreach_found_ap() function to compare the AP name with the result of the scan:

    char ap_name[33];
bool state = false;

wifi_manager_is_activated(wifi, &state);
if (state == false)
    return -1;

dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Input a part of AP name to connect: ");
error_code = scanf("%32s", ap_name);

error_code = wifi_manager_foreach_found_ap(wifi, __found_connect_ap_cb, ap_name);
if (error_code != WIFI_ERROR_NONE) {
    dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Failed to connect (can't get AP list)");

    return -1;
}

dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Connection step finished");

  2. Make a connection with an access point.

    Define the __found_connect_ap_cb() callback invoked by the wifi_manager_foreach_found_ap() function.

    The callback compares user_data (the AP name from the user input) with the name of the found AP. If it is correct, the function checks whether the AP requires a passphrase. Set the passphrase using the wifi_manager_ap_set_passphrase() function.

    Finally, connect to a specific AP using the wifi_manager_connect() function.

    static bool
__found_connect_ap_cb(wifi_ap_h ap, void *user_data)
{
    int error_code = 0;
    char *ap_name = NULL;
    char *ap_name_part = (char*)user_data;

    error_code = wifi_manager_ap_get_essid(ap, &ap_name);
    if (error_code != WIFI_ERROR_NONE) {
        dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Failed to get AP name");

        return false;
    }

    if (strstr(ap_name, ap_name_part) != NULL) {
        bool required = false;

        if (wifi_manager_ap_is_passphrase_required(ap, &required) == WIFI_ERROR_NONE)
            dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Passphrase required: %s", required ? "True" : "False");
        else
            dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Failed to get Passphrase required");

        if (required) {
            char passphrase[100];
            dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Input passphrase for %s: ", passphrase);
            error_code = scanf("99%s", passphrase);

            error_code = wifi_manager_ap_set_passphrase(ap, passphrase);
            if (error_code != WIFI_ERROR_NONE) {
                dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Failed to set passphrase");

                return false;
            }
        }

        error_code = wifi_manager_connect(wifi, ap, __connected_cb, NULL);
        if (error_code != WIFI_ERROR_NONE)
            dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Failed in connection request");
        else
            dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Success in connection request");

        free(ap_name);

        return false;
    }

    free(ap_name);

    return true;
}

  3. Provide a notification about the connection result.

    The wifi_manager_connect() function called within the __found_connect_ap_cb() callback invokes the __connected_cb() function, which you can use to notify the user of the connection result:

    static void
__connected_cb(wifi_error_e result, void* user_data)
{
    if (result == WIFI_ERROR_NONE)
        dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Wi-Fi Connection Succeeded");
    else
        dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Wi-Fi Connection Failed!");
}
  • Dependencies
    • Tizen 2.4 and Higher for Mobile
    • Tizen 2.3.1 and Higher for Wearable
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