For smallish amounts of info NFC is viable. We do this between NFC phones, but Android API doesn't expose the Peer to Peer mode yet.
Also, NFC can transfer other types of "connection handoffs" (Bluetooth and wifi) so then the devices can continue a longer and faster transfer while maintaining a fast and intuitive user interaction. So: - use other NFC device - wait for API support - start hacking android as mentioned Let us know how it goes.... Andrew On Jan 26, 5:24 am, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. What's missing from the Android SDK? > > Does anybody have a suggestion for a good peer-to-peer comm > technology? I don't want to use Bump as it requires a cloud > component, which I don't want. > > On Jan 26, 10:52 am, davemac <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > In theory, it could be. Android doesn't have the NFC API fleshed out > > enough to allow this yet. You might be able to get to it via Android > > NDK and native code. > > > - dave > > > On Jan 25, 7:17 pm, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Is NFC a viable synch mechanism for exchange bi-directional small > > > pieces of data, as a replacement for technologies like BUMP? > > > > I am trying to understand how NFC really works, but I find it a bit > > > confusing.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
