WifiManager.getConfiguredNetworks always returns empty list

Question

I am trying to connect to an open wifi network. When I open my app it should turn on wifi and connect to the network defined as below. The problem is that WifiManager.getC

Answer 1

I also met this question unfortunely.

After searching for some time, I think it is a bug.

This is the android implement of getConfiguredNetworks

public List getConfiguredNetworks() {
    try {
        return mService.getConfiguredNetworks();
    } catch (RemoteException e) {
        return null;
    }
}

It is clearly shown that the function will return null if RemoteException happened when running. Up to now, I am also distressed with this and could not get some points to address this issue.

For more information: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=19078