Getting the mac address of the access point in Android 10

Question

Im trying to get the mac address of the Access point to which my devices are connected in Android 10 by

WifiManager wifiManager = (WifiManager) applicationContext.getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
wifiManager.getConnectionInfo().getBSSID(); //always gets 02:00:00:00:00:00

as it is written https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/WifiInfo#getBSSID(), this result should only come, when im missing rights

i have the following permissions

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

What else do i need?

This question has been asked before, but i only found answers that were years old and not working in Android 10. Thanks for your help

Answer 1

As it is written https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/WifiInfo#getBSSID()

getBSSID returns "02:00:00:00:00:00", if the caller has insufficient permissions to access the BSSID.

You have added following permissions in manifest.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

But you need to take runtime permission for these above mentioned permission.

Please check Android Documentation from following URL to know how to implement runtime permission request.

https://developer.android.com/training/permissions/requesting