Setting Android Global Proxy

Android < 5.0

Ref: http://stackoverflow.com/a/14294761/3945947

public static Object getDeclaredField(Object obj, String name)
throws SecurityException, NoSuchFieldException,
IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
    Field f = obj.getClass().getDeclaredField(name);
    f.setAccessible(true);
    Object out = f.get(obj);
    return out;
}  

public static void setEnumField(Object obj, String value, String name)
throws SecurityException, NoSuchFieldException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException{
    Field f = obj.getClass().getField(name);
    f.set(obj, Enum.valueOf((Class<Enum>) f.getType(), value));
}

public static void setProxySettings(String assign , WifiConfiguration wifiConf)
throws SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException, NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException{
    setEnumField(wifiConf, assign, "proxySettings");     
}


WifiConfiguration GetCurrentWifiConfiguration(WifiManager manager)
{
    if (!manager.isWifiEnabled()) 
        return null;

    List<WifiConfiguration> configurationList = manager.getConfiguredNetworks();
    WifiConfiguration configuration = null;
    int cur = manager.getConnectionInfo().getNetworkId();
    for (int i = 0; i < configurationList.size(); ++i)
    {
        WifiConfiguration wifiConfiguration = configurationList.get(i);
        if (wifiConfiguration.networkId == cur)
            configuration = wifiConfiguration;
    }

    return configuration;
}

void setWifiProxySettings()
{
    //get the current wifi configuration
    WifiManager manager = (WifiManager)getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
    WifiConfiguration config = GetCurrentWifiConfiguration(manager);
    if(null == config)
        return;

    try
    {
        //get the link properties from the wifi configuration
        Object linkProperties = getField(config, "linkProperties");
        if(null == linkProperties)
            return;

        //get the setHttpProxy method for LinkProperties
        Class proxyPropertiesClass = Class.forName("android.net.ProxyProperties");
        Class[] setHttpProxyParams = new Class[1];
        setHttpProxyParams[0] = proxyPropertiesClass;
        Class lpClass = Class.forName("android.net.LinkProperties");
        Method setHttpProxy = lpClass.getDeclaredMethod("setHttpProxy", setHttpProxyParams);
        setHttpProxy.setAccessible(true);

        //get ProxyProperties constructor
        Class[] proxyPropertiesCtorParamTypes = new Class[3];
        proxyPropertiesCtorParamTypes[0] = String.class;
        proxyPropertiesCtorParamTypes[1] = int.class;
        proxyPropertiesCtorParamTypes[2] = String.class;

        Constructor proxyPropertiesCtor = proxyPropertiesClass.getConstructor(proxyPropertiesCtorParamTypes);

        //create the parameters for the constructor
        Object[] proxyPropertiesCtorParams = new Object[3];
        proxyPropertiesCtorParams[0] = "127.0.0.1";
        proxyPropertiesCtorParams[1] = 8118;
        proxyPropertiesCtorParams[2] = null;

        //create a new object using the params
        Object proxySettings = proxyPropertiesCtor.newInstance(proxyPropertiesCtorParams);

        //pass the new object to setHttpProxy
        Object[] params = new Object[1];
        params[0] = proxySettings;
        setHttpProxy.invoke(linkProperties, params);

        setProxySettings("STATIC", config);

        //save the settings
        manager.updateNetwork(config);
        manager.disconnect();
        manager.reconnect();
    }   
    catch(Exception e)
    {
    }
}
void unsetWifiProxySettings()
{
    WifiManager manager = (WifiManager)getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
    WifiConfiguration config = GetCurrentWifiConfiguration(manager);
    if(null == config)
        return;

    try
    {
        //get the link properties from the wifi configuration
        Object linkProperties = getField(config, "linkProperties");
        if(null == linkProperties)
            return;

        //get the setHttpProxy method for LinkProperties
        Class proxyPropertiesClass = Class.forName("android.net.ProxyProperties");
        Class[] setHttpProxyParams = new Class[1];
        setHttpProxyParams[0] = proxyPropertiesClass;
        Class lpClass = Class.forName("android.net.LinkProperties");
        Method setHttpProxy = lpClass.getDeclaredMethod("setHttpProxy", setHttpProxyParams);
        setHttpProxy.setAccessible(true);

        //pass null as the proxy
        Object[] params = new Object[1];
        params[0] = null;
        setHttpProxy.invoke(linkProperties, params);

        setProxySettings("NONE", config);

        //save the config
        manager.updateNetwork(config);
        manager.disconnect();
        manager.reconnect();
    }   
    catch(Exception e)
    {
    }
}