I'm a web developer, so I immediately think, why not use a web service? http is very well-defined. If you need push as well as pull, perhaps XMPP?
Cheers, John -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [SLL] Wifi connection to Android OS From: [email protected] (Larry M Bateman) To: Linux List <[email protected]> Date: Wed 03 Feb 2010 09:59:08 AM PST > I'm looking at doing an application for Android that needs to make > a connection to a local PC (typically a notebook) and be able to > send a few bytes back and forth. I need wireless connection, so > a USB cable won't do the trick. Also I need a fairly good range, > so Bluetooth isn't viable. > > An easy answer is wifi (801C) tethering, but that is either completely > disallowed (T-Mobile/ATT), or very costly (Verizon). Root hacks > allow you to do this, but that's not viable for a real product. > I know there's a new spec for local device interfaces under wifi, > but that's a number of years down the road. > > Any ideas? Thanks in advance. > >
