WiFiOnDemandHotspotConnectTriggerDetails.Connect Method

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.Devices.WiFi

Note

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Important

This API will be affected by upcoming changes to operating system behavior, planned for fall 2024. For more info, see Changes to API behavior for Wi-Fi access and location.

Notifies the operating system (OS) connection flow to connect to the given hotspot network (a specific SSID/password).

Note

If you want to use this API in a UWP app, and publish your app to the Microsoft Store, then you'll need to request special approval to use the custom capability Microsoft.onDemandHotspotControl_8wekyb3d8bbwe (the On-Demand Network capability). For more info, see Custom capabilities.

The On-Demand Network capability will be made available only to app developers building end-to-end Wi-Fi hotspot scenarios between a tethering-capable hardware device and a Windows PC.

public:
 virtual WiFiOnDemandHotspotConnectionResult ^ Connect() = Connect;

WiFiOnDemandHotspotConnectionResult Connect();

public WiFiOnDemandHotspotConnectionResult Connect();

function connect()

Public Function Connect () As WiFiOnDemandHotspotConnectionResult

Returns

WiFiOnDemandHotspotConnectionResult

The result of the connection.

Windows requirements

App capabilities

onDemandHotspotControl

Remarks

Internally, should the app fail to call this method, the connection flow will time out once the background task process has been ended.