I see many references on Android's website to local Only Hotspot
However I need to manage the cellular hotspot programmatically from a background service as I can do manually from the pulldown menu.
This used to be done like:
method = wifiManager.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("setWifiApEnabled", WifiConfiguration.class, Boolean.TYPE);method.invoke(wifiManager, wifiConfiguration, activated);However this feature has been deprecated.
My wireless provider (AT&T) is trying to charge me differently based on what device is connected and how. The network should be agnostic to devices and just transport my packets to their destination. I hope this is not related, but I am worried we our losing control over our devices.
Does Android really not provide simple API calls for managing the hotspot?