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-rw-r--r--wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.java24
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.java
index 89000869b07d..0d2e8166994c 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.java
@@ -533,7 +533,9 @@ public class WifiManager {
@SystemApi
public static final String EXTRA_PREVIOUS_WIFI_AP_STATE = "previous_wifi_state";
/**
- * The interface used for the softap.
+ * The lookup key for a String extra that stores the interface name used for the Soft AP.
+ * This extra is included in the broadcast {@link #WIFI_AP_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION}.
+ * Retrieve its value with {@link android.content.Intent#getStringExtra(String)}.
*
* @hide
*/
@@ -541,9 +543,10 @@ public class WifiManager {
public static final String EXTRA_WIFI_AP_INTERFACE_NAME =
"android.net.wifi.extra.WIFI_AP_INTERFACE_NAME";
/**
- * The intended ip mode for this softap.
- * @see #IFACE_IP_MODE_TETHERED
- * @see #IFACE_IP_MODE_LOCAL_ONLY
+ * The lookup key for an int extra that stores the intended IP mode for this Soft AP.
+ * One of {@link #IFACE_IP_MODE_TETHERED} or {@link #IFACE_IP_MODE_LOCAL_ONLY}.
+ * This extra is included in the broadcast {@link #WIFI_AP_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION}.
+ * Retrieve its value with {@link android.content.Intent#getIntExtra(String, int)}.
*
* @hide
*/
@@ -2578,12 +2581,13 @@ public class WifiManager {
}
/**
- * Start SoftAp mode with the specified configuration.
- * Note that starting in access point mode disables station
- * mode operation
- * @param wifiConfig SSID, security and channel details as
- * part of WifiConfiguration
- * @return {@code true} if the operation succeeds, {@code false} otherwise
+ * Start Soft AP (hotspot) mode with the specified configuration.
+ * Note that starting Soft AP mode may disable station mode operation if the device does not
+ * support concurrency.
+ * @param wifiConfig SSID, security and channel details as part of WifiConfiguration, or null to
+ * use the persisted Soft AP configuration that was previously set using
+ * {@link #setWifiApConfiguration(WifiConfiguration)}.
+ * @return {@code true} if the operation succeeded, {@code false} otherwise
*
* @hide
*/