The Android Virtual Device is connected by defualt to a wifi network called "AndroidWifi". I am working with an app that expects to be connected to a wifi network with a particular name.
How can I change the name of the wifi network from "AndroidWifi"?
On any recent build of the Android emulator (which contains this commit from 2018), there is a feature flag which can be set to allow for custom SSIDs to be added via the telnet console. To enable it, open lib/advancedFeatures.ini in the emulator directory (the default full path for this on Linux installations is ~/Android/Sdk/emulator/lib/advancedFeatures.ini) and change:
WifiConfigurable = off
to
WifiConfigurable = on
Ensure that you have restarted the emulator after making this change.
You can then connect to the emulator via telnet (as described here) and after authenticating, the following wifi commands will be available:
wifi
allows you to manage wifi settings in the device
available sub-commands:
add add new WiFi SSID
block block network access on SSID
unblock unblock network access on SSID