Is it possible to mimic bluetooth like behaviour in android using Wifi adapter.I am trying to use Wifi to setup client sever application.I have created a system service in android 2.3.7. I want this service to identify the server automatically.As in bluetooth, A naive approach shall be to search for available devices and then send a connection request at specific port say 8080 and the connection is established. can this be done using wifi. In a nut shell i wish that the system services on two different devices communicate with each other using wifi,i.e., One device works as a ad-hoc wifi server and the other connects to it as a client Does this sounds doable? The basic point being to emulate the bluetooth like behavior in absence of bluetooth on emulator. Any help is appreciated.
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Not an android expert, but I remember it not supporting ad-hoc connections, which seems to be what you'd like to do.
Related answer: How to connect android wifi to adhoc wifi?
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i went through this. The post says " if there's a way to connect my android to an ad hoc network set-up from my laptop." I am asking is there a way to create an adhoc wifi using my android_device_1 and let android_device_2 connect to the adhoc connection created by android_device_1 ? – Bhanu Kaushik Oct 23 '12 at 17:13
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Would WiFi direct satisfy your problem ? It's part of android 4.0. Otherwise, android doesn't support ad-hoc. – JP Belanger Oct 23 '12 at 20:46
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i did look into wifi direct. and yest its true that its only available for android >4.0. i am looking for something to mimic it on android 2.3.7. I need to test my project for over avds and they all need to share data with each other. This is all what i want to do. – Bhanu Kaushik Oct 23 '12 at 20:49