How to open Settings panel in Android Q programmatically?

Question

As per Android Q new features, there is a inline settings panel showing key connectivity settings that lets the user modify different connectivity settings such as airplane mode, wifi, volume, NFC and internet connectivity.

How can I open that settings panel programmatically from my app? like in screenshot below.

Bailey

Answer 1

This is very simple and easy to implement using Settings panel API available in Android Q.

Simple we need to trigger intent with one of the new Settings.Panel actions.

To open Internet Connectivity Panel:

Java:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
    Intent panelIntent = new Intent(Settings.Panel.ACTION_INTERNET_CONNECTIVITY)
    startActivityForResult(panelIntent, 545)
}

Kotlin:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
    val panelIntent = Intent(Settings.Panel.ACTION_INTERNET_CONNECTIVITY)
    startActivityForResult(panelIntent, 545)
}

To open Volume control panel:

Java:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
    Intent panelIntent = new Intent(Settings.Panel.ACTION_VOLUME)
    startActivityForResult(panelIntent, 545)
}

Kotlin:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
    val panelIntent = Intent(Settings.Panel.ACTION_VOLUME)
    startActivityForResult(panelIntent, 545)
}

To open WIFI panel:

Java:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
    Intent panelIntent = new Intent(Settings.Panel.ACTION_WIFI)
    startActivityForResult(panelIntent, 545)
}

Kotlin:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
    val panelIntent = Intent(Settings.Panel.ACTION_WIFI)
    startActivityForResult(panelIntent, 545)
}

To open NFC panel:

Java:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
    Intent panelIntent = new Intent(Settings.Panel.ACTION_NFC)
    startActivityForResult(panelIntent, 545)
}

Kotlin:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
    val panelIntent = Intent(Settings.Panel.ACTION_NFC)
    startActivityForResult(panelIntent, 545)
}

Here you can check more about settings panel from Android official doc:

1) https://developer.android.com/preview/features#settings-panels

2) https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Panel

Bailey

What is 545 here in the call to startActivityForResult? – Pickar

@Pickar It is just request code for starting activity for result so that we the started activity returns a result in onActivityResult, you can check for which request this result is returned. – Bailey

@BirjuVachhani It is also mentioned in the docs "We are planning to introduce an AndroidX wrapper for this functionality. When called on devices running Android 9 (API level 28) or lower, the wrapper will open the most-appropriate page in the Settings app." Is the AndroidX wrapper introduced yet? – Moratorium

@MehulKanzariya Apparently, the wrapper idea has been canceled: reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/f574wo/… – Spectrogram

Will it work with android services? – Lest