How to fix ESP32 fatal error: ESP8266WiFi.h: No such file or directory

Problem:

While trying to compile your ESP32 application, you see this compiler error:

fatal error: ESP8266WiFi.h: No such file or directory

Solution:

ESP8266WiFi.h is the Wifi header for the ESP8266. For the ESP32, it’s named WiFi.h. In order to fix the issue, replae

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>

by

#include <WiFi.h>