Well, for reliable working, I think it would be best to use multiple channels. SMS, cloud and local network(wireless or LAN), one of these when the others are not available.
On Jan 8, 3:52 am, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > A client might have a use case for peer to peer or group sharing of > location. > > Internet access, cell phone coverage not guaranteed. > Wifi is available on a large private LAN. > Users may have phones or more likely, tablets. > A group of users are assigned a known key. > User can periodically send their location to one or all members of the > group. > > If this were a place with phone coverage, I believe I would pick SMS > and send a broadcast intent. > > The location plus other status information will probably fit in 140 > characters or less. > > What messaging would you use in this situation? I haven't really done > much message related programming with Android, and I thought I would > check here first, since someone has probably solved this already. > > Thanks. > > Nathan -- 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
