Opening Android Settings programmatically

I used the code from the most upvoted answer:

startActivityForResult(new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_SETTINGS), 0);

It opens the device settings in the same window, thus got the users of my android application (finnmglas/Launcher) for android stuck in there.

The answer for 2020 and beyond (in Kotlin):

startActivity(Intent(Settings.ACTION_SETTINGS))

It works in my app, should also be working in yours without any unwanted consequences.


You can try to call:

startActivityForResult(new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_WIFI_SETTINGS));

for other screen in setting screen, you can go to

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html

Hope help you in this case.


This did it for me

Intent callGPSSettingIntent = new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS);
startActivityForResult(callGPSSettingIntent);

When they press back it goes back to my app.


You can open with

startActivityForResult(new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_SETTINGS), 0);

You can return by pressing back button on device.