Redirecting traffic on Windows Phone 8(.1)

Question

We are looking for a way to programatically intercept global network traffic on Windows Phone 8 or Windows Phone 8.1.

I currently know two ways to intercept traffic:

• Proxy server
• VPN (proprietary network, where all traffic is routed through a specific server)

On both Android and iOS we use a proxy server. On Android we use specific manufacturer SDK's to set proxy configuration and on iOS install a proxy profile.

We wish to implement the same functionality on Windows Phone 8 and newer.

According to my research, Windows Runtime supports proxy configurations in code with Windows.Networking.Connectivity namespace. But according to the documentation, working with ProxyConfiguration class, the code throws NotImplementedException on Windows Phone 8.

The Windows.Networking.Vpn namespace is also not available on Windows Phone 8.

So apparently, both options are out here.

My first question is:

Is there any other way I could intercept and redirect traffic on Windows Phone 8?

Further research:

According to the documentation of newly released Windows Phone 8.1 SDK Preview, there are some changes in those namespaces. At least Windows.Networking.Vpn is now available, I am not yet sure for ProxyConfiguration class.

Is there any sample code or examples available on whether either proxy configuration or setting VPN programatically is possible with Windows Phone 8.1 SDK?

I also cannot seem to find the correctly updated documentation for the newest SDK yet.

Thank you!

Answer 1

Windows Phone 8.1 supports the ProxyConfiguration class, BUT it is ment to get readonly info about the set proxies. So this is not a way to set a proxy in Windows Phone 8.1.