I'm trying to write a simple game-room api and am having trouble broadcasting to the local network's broadcast ip. I got the code for getting the broadcast address and how to send stuff to it here:
http://code.google.com/p/boxeeremote/wiki/AndroidUDP and used it like this: int PORT = 55555; int DISCOVERY_PORT = 55556; public void broadcast(String message) throws Exception { InetAddress ina = mContext.getBroadcastAddress(); // this is working Log.v("ADDRESS", ina.getCanonicalHostName()); DatagramSocket socket = new DatagramSocket(PORT); // here's where the error occurs socket.setBroadcast(true); socket.setReuseAddress(true); DatagramPacket packet = new DatagramPacket(message.getBytes(), message .length(), ina, DISCOVERY_PORT); socket.send(packet); } I get an error "java.net.BindException: The address is already in use". I thought at first this was because my local network was blocking ports, but once I got onto my home network which blocks nothing it still had the same issue. Is there something extra I have to include to get it to send a packets to the broadcast ip? Thanks in advance for any replies. -- 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
