Turning airplane mode on via ADB

Question

I\'ve looked all over and I haven\'t found a concrete answer to this question. I\'m hoping to find a way to toggle airplane mode from ADB that doesn\'t involve the GUI in an

Answer 1

A working method which I am using in my Mobile Automation Framework:

Worked with OS 5.x 6.x 7.x and 8.x need to test it against 9.x

/**
 * Method to set Android device Airplane mode.
 * 
 * @param status
 * 
 *               true - turn on airplane mode false - turn off airplane mode
 */
public static void setAndroidDeviceAirplaneMode(boolean status) {
    try {

        String airplaneModeStatus = "";
        if (status) {
            airplaneModeStatus = "0";
        } else {
            airplaneModeStatus = "0";
        }
        String sdkPath = System.getenv("ANDROID_HOME") + "/platform-tools/";
        Runtime.getRuntime().exec(sdkPath + "adb shell settings put global airplane_mode_on " + airplaneModeStatus);
        Thread.sleep(1000);
        Process process = Runtime.getRuntime()
                .exec(sdkPath + "adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.AIRPLANE_MODE");
        process.waitFor();
        Thread.sleep(4000);
        if (status) {
            logger.info("Android device Airplane mode status is set to ON");
        } else {
            logger.info("Android device Airplane mode status is set to OFF");
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        logger.error("Unable to set android device Airplane mode.");
    }
}