My experience with WiFi Direct is the exact opposite. I spend a day with it and couldn't get anything working. So my guess is that the quality of WiFi Direct support varies widely based on ROM and hardware.
.hc Nathan of Guardian wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014, at 04:07 PM, Chris Ballinger wrote: > > Android supports Wifi Direct in a more open fashion, but it > will never interoperate with iOS because Apple likes to be > stubborn. > > > > I have implemented support for Wifi Direct, using the same > device renaming hack I used with Bluetooth: > > [1]https://github.com/n8fr8/gilgamesh/commit/8a8848a19c620d6c46 > f105d46a99dd1bb6f98387 > > > > It seems to work, more or less, though I not sure how quickly > the refresh on the names happens with the wifi discovery/detect > sequence. I can run it in parallel with the existing bluetooth > code, so both radios are scanning/broadcasting simultaneously. > Not sure what that does to reception, but hey, we'll see! > > > > It seems like Wifi Direct also works up to 100m if you have > clear line of sight. Regardless, it is definitely stronger than > Bluetooth. I am mostly just impressed how crazy easy it is to > implement Wifi Direct, and how powerful it is. It is really a > hidden feature on Android. > > > > As for BluetoothLE, it is also quite easy it seems, but you > can't run Bluetooth Classic and LE at the same time, and at > least in the context of this app (Gilga), I want to support > Classic mode still to interop with non-Android devices. > > > > +n > > References > > 1. > https://github.com/n8fr8/gilgamesh/commit/8a8848a19c620d6c46f105d46a99dd1bb6f98387 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Guardian-dev mailing list > > Post: [email protected] > List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev > > To Unsubscribe > Send email to: [email protected] > Or visit: > https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/guardian-dev/hans%40guardianproject.info > > You are subscribed as: [email protected] > -- PGP fingerprint: 5E61 C878 0F86 295C E17D 8677 9F0F E587 374B BE81 _______________________________________________ Guardian-dev mailing list Post: [email protected] List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev To Unsubscribe Send email to: [email protected] Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/guardian-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com You are subscribed as: [email protected]
