The current Android SDK does not offer any ad-hoc functionality, which means no p2p support. Also having root access does not change anything on what is supported on SDK level.
In general Wifi drivers are coming with both infrastructure and ad-hoc support. It might be possible to extend the current platform to expose this functionality to the Java level. In this case being root would help for your testing efforts. -- 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
