Steps for Integrating the Wi-Fi Sharing Function in Nearby Service - Huawei Developers

Overview
We've grown accustomed to the hassle of connecting our devices to the Wi-Fi networks in new locations, which can be an annoyance at best, and a major frustration at worst. But perhaps more importantly, this process also comes with the risk of password leakage. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to connect our devices to Wi-Fi networks on an automatic basis, rather than having to manually enter the password each time?
HUAWEI Nearby Service offers a Wi-Fi sharing feature, which once integrated, equips your app to connect users on a wide range of smart devices to the Wi-Fi networks that they encounter.
Wi-FiShareDemo
Here, we've used Wi-FiShareDemo as an example, which has integrated the Wi-Fi sharing function in Nearby Service. Now, we'll show you the core code for the app, and how the app can be run.
Preparing Tools
One Huawei phone (The phone for sharing Wi-Fi must be a Huawei phone, and be connected to Wi-Fi.)
One Android device (The device to be connected to Wi-Fi must run Android 5.0 or later and have HMS Core installed, and can be a phone or a TV box.)
Android Studio (3.X or later)
Creating an app
Import the source code to Android Studio.
Register as a Huawei developer.
Create an app in Huawei AppGallery. For details, please refer to HUAWEI Developers-App Development. Note that you will need to download the agconnect-services.json file, generate the signing certificate, and save both to the app directory.
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Run the app in Android Studio and install it on the test devices.
Procedures
After configuring the code and completing the installation, perform the following steps.
1.Start Wi-FiShareDemo on B, and tap Connect Wi-Fi.
2.Start Wi-FiShareDemo on A, and tap Share Wi-Fi.
3.On A, select the phone that will share Wi-Fi, make sure that the verification codes on both phones are the same, and tap ALLOW.
4.On B, tap ALLOW in the dialog box that is displayed to authorize the Wi-Fi connection.
Core Code
You can view the source code of the app in GitHub. In this app, the WifiShareHelper.java class is encapsulated based on the Nearby Service APIs. Only the APIs requestWiFiConfig and shareWiFiConfig for WifiShareHelper.java are used to connect to and share Wi-Fi.
requestWiFiConfig
// The device request to connect WiFipublic void requestWiFiConfig() { Log.d(TAG, "requestWiFiConfig"); mWifiShareEngine.startWifiShare(mWifiShareCallback, WifiSharePolicy.POLICY_SET) .addOnFailureListener(e -> Log.e(TAG, Objects.requireNonNull(e.getMessage())));}
shareWiFiConfig
// The device to share wifipublic void shareWiFiConfig() { Log.d(TAG, "Start to share WiFi"); mWifiShareEngine.startWifiShare(mWifiShareCallback, WifiSharePolicy.POLICY_SHARE) .addOnFailureListener(e -> Log.e(TAG, Objects.requireNonNull(e.getMessage()))); showListView(); setListViewListenerMode();}
Learn More
For more details, please visit HUAWEI Developers.
For further instructions, please refer to Development Guides.
To join the developer discussion, please visit Reddit.
To download the demo and sample code, please go to GitHub.
To resolve integration issues, please go to Stack Overflow.