Force portal mode from application

[balucio]

Hi, how I can force entering in portal mode from application?

Thank you.

[khoih-prog]

Currently, the library doesn't provide a direct way to force entering the Config Portal (CP) from application, as this is over-complicated and not necessary for all use cases. I just prefer the simpler approach, yet the users can add / merge more features with other libraries.

But definitely, I'll consider add the optional feature if there are more enhancement requests for this, just not sure about the time frame.

In the mean time, you can use one of these temporary solutions

1. Create a Blynk virtual button, then use it to trigger the CP by reading the flag in the loop(). Check these examples for a way to do

   • ConfigOnSwitch of ESP_WiFiManager
   • Async_ConfigOnSwitch of ESPAsync_WiFiManager

2. Create a Blynk virtual button, then use it to trigger DoubleReset or MultiReset within predetermined time.

   • Button => ESP32 ESP.restart(); or ESP8266 ESP.reset();
   • The Async_ESP32WM_Config example can be used to detect such as DoubleReset.

Good Luck,

[khoih-prog]

Update

The requested feature has been available from v1.2.1

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Releases v1.2.1

1. Add functions to control Config Portal from software or Virtual Switches. Check How to trigger a Config Portal from code #25
2. Add examples to demo the new Virtual ConfigPortal SW feature
3. Optimize code