Android: Action to open up VPN Settings Activity

Question

I have been looking around for a way to launch the VPN settings activity through my android app, but cannot find it. Note that I am targeting Android 2.2, hence will not be able to use the facilities provided in android ICS.

What is the action that I should pass into an Intent in order to get the VPN settings screen to open up ?

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 10 '14 at 13:35

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I think this is what you are looking for:

Intent intent = new Intent("android.net.vpn.SETTINGS");
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(intent);

answered Nov 10 '14 at 13:35

aplik

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This works on Kit Kat, thanks. The VpnManager class shown in the accepted answer appears to have been removed in newer Android OS versions. – mbonness Mar 11 '15 at 16:52
Thanks, android 5.1 is OK, its save my a lot of time everyday ^_- – Ninja Jan 08 '16 at 09:04
Thanks, this worked with "llama" to allow me to send "Start Activity" - the uppercase is what I had been missing. – Aaron D. Marasco Sep 29 '16 at 14:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 24 '12 at 04:57

try this:

    private static final String PACKAGE_PREFIX =
            VpnManager.class.getPackage().getName() + ".";
    private static final String ACTION_VPN_SETTINGS =
            PACKAGE_PREFIX + "SETTINGS";
    Intent intent = new Intent(ACTION_VPN_SETTINGS);
    intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    mContext.startActivity(intent);

Android: Action to open up VPN Settings Activity

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