Connections from one Android device to Another

[insominx]

I know this was intended to connect with Arduino but it seems like connecting between a pair of android or ios devices could work too. Is this already the case? I fiddled with the examples for a while (using a nexus 7 and galaxy s4) but could not establish a connection.

The examples don't appear to have code to receive a connection in the javascript. Is that only in the arduino logic?

[don]

The code to receive a connection on Android not implemented in the plugin.

This Android code in the plugin is based on sample in the Android SDK. They have a good example of Android to Android chat. See if you can get something working and send pull request.

[fppt]

Hello,

Is communication between android devices planning on being implemented ? I ask because I need that functionality and don't want to delve into hacking this great plugin unless it's absolutely necessary of course.

[don]

@Fido0101 Android to Android would be nice to have, but I don't think I'll have it implemented soon. If you get something working submit a patch or at least a link to your code.

[ctreton]

@don Hi, is there some news for this? it may be very nice :)

[don]

@ctreton No news on this. I'm concentrating on BLE lately. I plan to allow multiple connections in the BLE plugin I'm working on.

[don]

More info on how this could be implemented #78 (comment)

[ragcsalo]

I've managed to connect Android devices using Phonegap 2.7, with some modifications to the Java source code. I think there was an error in the code, some lines were turned into a comment, I had to "uncomment" them. Now I'm experimenting with Phonegap 4.0 but couldn't install the plugin yet (using cordova plugin add).

[don]

@tomvanenckevort has a forked version that might work https://github.com/tomvanenckevort/BluetoothSerial

[tanzeelrana]

This version does not work for me.

• I downloaded the project
• copied the Chat example in a separate place
• cordova plugin add com.megster.cordova.bluetoothserial
• cordova platform add android
• cordova build - > and run

but again I see the same issue. when I try to connect my nexus 4 to my nexus 5 or vice versa. it instantly says disconnected. Was anyone successful in connecting 2 android devices with https://github.com/tomvanenckevort/BluetoothSerial ?

[ragcsalo]

I have updated the Java and JavaScript files, these are working just fine.
:-)
Please feel free to use them!
Regards, Bence

2015-02-19 18:49 GMT+01:00 tanzeelrana notifications@github.com:

This version does not work for me.

• I downloaded the project
• copied the Chat example in a separate place
• cordova plugin add com.megster.cordova.bluetoothserial
• cordova platform add android
• cordova build - > and run

but again I see the same issue. when I try to connect my nexus 4 to my
nexus 5 or vice versa. it instantly says disconnected. Was anyone
successful in connecting 2 android devices with
https://github.com/tomvanenckevort/BluetoothSerial ?

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#50 (comment).

[ragcsalo]

Download updated files from here (instructions and final .APK of my test app included):
http://benkesmith.com/android/bt_serial/Bluetooth_Serial.zip

Download the full Android Studio project from here:
http://benkesmith.com/android/bt_serial/btserial_project.zip

[tanzeelrana]

thanks !! @ragcsalo I am going to try this out .....

https://github.com/tomvanenckevort/BluetoothSerial

have you tried this app? my last comment was regarding this link above. I tried this and it was not connecting 2 android devices

[ragcsalo]

No, haven't tried that one. This one I updated myself, and have been using it to connect Samsung devices for 8 months now... :-)

[tanzeelrana]

@don
Under limitations it says

Limitations

The phone must initiate the Bluetooth connection
iOS Bluetooth Low Energy requires iPhone 4S, iPhone5, iPod 5, or iPad3+
Will not connect Android to Android*
Will not connect iOS to iOS*

does that need to be changed ?

[ragcsalo]

With my modified source files you CAN connect Android to Android. I don't know how to create a forked version, but will try it someday. :-)