Is it possible to communicate simultaneously over WIFI and through an Android device's network (call plan) to 

the Internet? Here is what we are attempting to do:

1. We have a custom 3rd party device that communicates by WIFI. This WIFI device retrieves various 

instrumentation data that we can read into the Android device via WIFI commands. The WIFI device does NOT have 

any access to the Internet though.

2. We need to take the data that we read from the WIFI device and send REST service Http commands through the 

Internet to our servers. We assumed that we could do this over the Android device's normal network 'call plan' 

but we can't seem to figure out how to configure the Android device for dual simultaneous access to local WIFI 
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package com.kbakalar.flickrbrowser;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton;
import android.support.design.widget.Snackbar;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;

public class ViewPhotoDetails extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
...

 <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

        <!-- android:theme="@style/Theme.Flickr"> -->

        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:theme="@style/Theme.Flickr">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
...

package com.kbakalar.flickrbrowser;

import android.app.SearchManager;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.SearchView;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;

public class SearchActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements
        SearchView.OnQueryTextListener{
...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:label="@string/searchable_label"
    android:hint="@string/searchable_hint"
            android:voiceSearchMode="showVoiceSearchButton|launchRecognizer"
    >

</searchable>

        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
//     TODO:   activateToolbarWithHomeEnabled(); for support of older versions?