Send request over Mobile data when WIFI is ON.(Android L)
Well finally found solution for this. Trick was to use capability as NET_CAPABILITY_INTERNET
. Which is same as startUsingNetworkFeature(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE, FEATURE_ENABLE_HIPRI);
See the Firmware design here
builder.addCapability(NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_INTERNET);
builder.addTransportType(NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_CELLULAR);
After this I am able to get onAvailable
callback from system and later I set my process default network as mobile data.
Hence all the request goes over mobile data even if wifi is on. WOW!
Note: This was not working in initial releases of Preview L.
Edit 19-10-2015: setProcessDefaultNetwork is now depcreated use bindProcessToNetwork
Here's a function that can simplify the action of preferring certain types of networks for your application (should work for any current API level (26 as of writing):
private void alwaysPreferNetworksWith(@NonNull int[] capabilities, @NonNull int[] transportTypes) {
NetworkRequest.Builder request = new NetworkRequest.Builder();
// add capabilities
for (int cap: capabilities) {
request.addCapability(cap);
}
// add transport types
for (int trans: transportTypes) {
request.addTransportType(trans);
}
final ConnectivityManager connectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
connectivityManager.registerNetworkCallback(request.build(), new ConnectivityManager.NetworkCallback() {
@Override
public void onAvailable(Network network) {
try {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
ConnectivityManager.setProcessDefaultNetwork(network);
} else {
connectivityManager.bindProcessToNetwork(network);
}
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "ConnectivityManager.NetworkCallback.onAvailable: ", e);
}
}
});
}
Usage:
// Add any NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_...
int[] capabilities = new int[]{ NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_INTERNET };
// Add any NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_...
int[] transportTypes = new int[]{ NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_CELLULAR };
alwaysPreferNetworksWith(capabilities, transportTypes);