Thanks for the detailed feedback. I appreciate it, and will follow your advice.
I do have a question. If at this point, I am only gathering information (i.e. my original question about the purpose of WifiService, and the issue of permissions to perform functions such as loading and unloading a WIFI driver), I seem to understand that in your opinion such a request for information will not get much of a response unless I describe in some detail what I would like to do (am doing). Is this correct? If this is the way it is, I will conform although I don't quite understand why. Again, thanks for your response On Apr 1, 7:06 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
