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/which is 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
