How can you set the http proxy programmatically?

Question

I\'m looking for a programmatic way to set-up http proxy settings for android handsets. I\'ve tried using android.provider.Settings.System.putString() to set System.HTTP_PR

Answer 1

To set the proxy check Mike's answer; Following is code snippet to retrieve proxy details

public static String getProxyDetails(Context context) {
        String proxyAddress = new String();
        try {
            if (IsPreIcs()) {
                proxyAddress = android.net.Proxy.getHost(context);
                if (proxyAddress == null || proxyAddress.equals("")) {
                    return proxyAddress;
                }
                proxyAddress += ":" + android.net.Proxy.getPort(context);
            } else {
                proxyAddress = System.getProperty("http.proxyHost");
                proxyAddress += ":" + System.getProperty("http.proxyPort");
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            //ignore
        }
        return proxyAddress;
    }

It'll return empty if some exception or no proxy detected;