I am not trying hide things. You asked a really broad question (tell me all about this stuff) which I doubt anyone will answer because they would spend a lot of time writing things not knowing what would be useful and what not.
For what it's worth, I don't work on wifi stuff, so I can't help you with details. I am just trying to get this going in a direction that can actually help anyone. You might want to try posting to android-platform; there might be engineers who work on wifi there. Also I would strongly recommend going at this from the perspective of "I'd like to make extension X and modification Y" to the API rather than "the stuff is limited" (in what way?) and "doesn't always work" (what isn't working?) and "I have partially implemented some of the stuff I want" (what have you implemented?). On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:21 PM, alexdonnini <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am trying to expand and improve on WIFI management functions which > currently are limited, and don't always work. > > At this point, I am looking for information about specific functions > performed by WifiSerivce and, to a lesser extent, WifiMonitor and > WifiStateTracker. I would think someone knows the answer to these > questions and that related to permissions. I did not think this was a > big deal. > > By the way, I have read carefully (to the best of my ability), several > times, the documentation on all the WIFI related APIs and classes in > the SDK. They do not allow the fine grained control that WifiService, > WifiStateTracker, and WifiMonitor allow. I have also experimented > using WifiLayer. It is OK. It provides an API for some of the > functions I am interested in implementing (and already have partially > implemented). Initial testing of AccessPointState has been going OK > too. > > Again, I would not think that the information I am looking for is, or > should be a big secret. > > Thanks. > > Alex Donnini > > On Apr 1, 4:27 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > What are you trying to do? > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:00 PM, alexdonnini <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > Could anyone explain to me the intended purpose of WifiService.java? > > > > > I am trying to understand if and how it could be used for an > > > application. > > > > > I am also exploring the use of: > > > - WifiMonitor > > > - WifiStateTracker > > > With regard to both of the above, I can understand the potential use a > > > little better. > > > > > For all three, I can see that one potential issue is permissions. > > > > > Based on some initial testing, it does not look like the standard > > > Android permissions (as included in the manifest file) are sufficient. > > > Am I wrong? > > > > > If I am correct about the permissions issue, I would like to > > > understand if and how an pplication could obtain the permission to > > > perform some of the tasks executed by WifiMontior, WifiStateTracker, > > > and WifiService. > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > Alex Donnini > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "android-framework" 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-framework?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
