Connect to another wi-fi network from the Android app?

Question

Android

There is a household wi-fi switch. He creates his AP. To control him, you need to connect to his AP and send him a command.
Is it possible to programmatically implement in the application for this very switch, so that when it starts and tries to change the state of the switch, the application itself connects to the switch AP, sends a command and switches back to the active network? Or does it require root?
Thank you.