Connecting to WiFi using adb shell

Question

I have all the details to connect to a particular access point. I have to use that access point only, so all I require is the command to do it.

Answer 1

Late to the party, but I came up with a way to accomplish this on a device without root.

It may not be pretty, but it works.

Basically what I propose is to create an app that joins an access point based on EXTRAS given when starting the app. The EXTRAS are then provided using the am command's -e parameter.

I already build an app which does so and it's available here: https://github.com/steinwurf/adb-join-wifi

Once the app is installed, a wifi access point can be joined using the following ADB command:

adb shell am start -n com.steinwurf.adbjoinwifi/com.steinwurf.adbjoinwifi.MainActivity -e ssid [SSID] -e password_type [PASSWORD_TYPE] -e password [WIFI PASSWORD]

There's more info in the README on Github.

Hope it helps someone.