Send request over Mobile data when WIFI is ON.(Android L)

Well finally found solution for this. Trick was to use capability as NET_CAPABILITY_INTERNET. Which is same as startUsingNetworkFeature(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE, FEATURE_ENABLE_HIPRI);

See the Firmware design here

builder.addCapability(NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_INTERNET);builder.addTransportType(NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_CELLULAR);

After this I am able to get onAvailable callback from system and later I set my process default network as mobile data.

Hence all the request goes over mobile data even if wifi is on. WOW!

Note: This was not working in initial releases of Preview L.

Edit 19-10-2015: setProcessDefaultNetwork is now depcreated use bindProcessToNetwork

Here's a function that can simplify the action of preferring certain types of networks for your application (should work for any current API level (26 as of writing):

private void alwaysPreferNetworksWith(@NonNull int[] capabilities, @NonNull int[] transportTypes) {    NetworkRequest.Builder request = new NetworkRequest.Builder();    // add capabilities    for (int cap: capabilities) {        request.addCapability(cap);    }    // add transport types    for (int trans: transportTypes) {        request.addTransportType(trans);    }    final ConnectivityManager connectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);    connectivityManager.registerNetworkCallback(request.build(), new ConnectivityManager.NetworkCallback() {        @Override        public void onAvailable(Network network) {            try {                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {                    ConnectivityManager.setProcessDefaultNetwork(network);                } else {                    connectivityManager.bindProcessToNetwork(network);                }            } catch (IllegalStateException e) {                Log.e(TAG, "ConnectivityManager.NetworkCallback.onAvailable: ", e);            }        }    });}

Usage:

// Add any NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_...int[] capabilities = new int[]{ NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_INTERNET };// Add any NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_...int[] transportTypes = new int[]{ NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_CELLULAR };alwaysPreferNetworksWith(capabilities, transportTypes);