For a wireless paging system you need a transceiver and a receiver. Both is available in multiple forms on wireless cell phones (Wifi, cellular, bluetooth, ...)
In case of cellular the SMS has replaced the old paging system. In general if you want to implement a paging system you would need only to act on an incoming paging signal (which you can define). In case of SMS you could act on an incoming SMS messages (define a text pattern to identify a paging message) and implement your paging logic around SMS. In case of Wifi a paging system is easy to setup within a LAN. It will get complicated if you try to support paging outside your LAN network (network components are required and also you have to deal with NAT). In general Android does not support paging with specific APIs but you can implement a paging system using what Android provides on functionality. -- Roman Baumgaertner Sr. SW Engineer-OSDC ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Oct 17, 3:55 pm, aggie_hellcat2009 <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm interested in developing a program that pages another device other > than a phone using radio signals. The program would also need to > listen for these signals back. Does Android support this or should I > be looking at the mobile devices capability? If either support this > how do I get access and use this? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
