Connecting to ESP-01 using Android Pie
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:32 am
I’ve used the ESP-01 for a project without too much difficulty, setting it up as an access point and using it to serve a web page to my phone, allowing me to control external hardware and display status from it. The hardware can be in use anywhere and there’s not necessarily a network for it to connect to, but that’s fine, I only want to connect to my phone.
And then along came Android Pie...
This version of Android doesn’t seem to like wifi without internet access. It connects to the ESP-01 wifi, but then disconnects and retries, over and over again.
Other people must have come across this but I haven’t found any solutions on the internet, so I’m hoping I’m just doing something stupid!
Is there a way to get Android Pie to stay connected to a wifi network without internet access?
Failing that, is there a way to get the ESP-01 to advertise itself as having internet access even when it hasn’t?
And then along came Android Pie...
This version of Android doesn’t seem to like wifi without internet access. It connects to the ESP-01 wifi, but then disconnects and retries, over and over again.
Other people must have come across this but I haven’t found any solutions on the internet, so I’m hoping I’m just doing something stupid!
Is there a way to get Android Pie to stay connected to a wifi network without internet access?
Failing that, is there a way to get the ESP-01 to advertise itself as having internet access even when it hasn’t?