Bonjour supports two-way data between any devices or PCs, it doesn't care. Android does not support creating a WiFi network, AFAIK; I don't believe root access changes that, except if you implement it yourself in the platform.
Yusuf Saib Android ·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. nd jira. All devel On Aug 26, 12:03 pm, Jamie <[email protected]> wrote: > Does bonjour actually support sending data between two devices or just > a device and a PC? There is no way to implement a P2P protocol > because the wi-fi doesn't support connecting to another devices via wi- > fi, is this correct? What are the options to a device with root > access, are they different than listed? > > Also, a patch has been introduced to android source but is not yet > approved. > > https://review.source.android.com/#change,9714 > > On Aug 24, 1:31 pm, "Yusuf Saib (T-Mobile USA)" <yusuf.s...@t- > > > > Mobile.com> wrote: > > There are two ways to do this: > > 1) have the phones running your app sign in to a central server with > > their location, and the server informs the phones of each other. Then > > they can contact each other however you like. One problem is that 50m > > is a small radius for the phone's ability to detect its location. > > 2) use zeroconf, also known as Bonjour, over WiFi. This is not built > > into Android, so you'd have to find a Java port, such > > ashttp://jmdns.sourceforge.net/whichis used in at least one other > > Android project:http://dacp.jsharkey.org/ > > > Yusuf Saib > > Android > > ·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 Aug 23, 6:37 am, julia_robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello . I am looking forward to developing an application which needs > > > a cellphone to connect with about 20 cellphones in its vicinity (say > > > about 50 metres) . > > > > 1. Which technology allows this ? > > > 2. Does Android support it? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
