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Wi-Fi Direct is an extension to Wi-Fi, created by the Wi-Fi Alliance, that allows for Bluetooth style point-to-point networking as well as the more well known method of networking with access points that Wi-Fi traditionally uses. It is designed to make the process of connecting small intelligent devices like phones and cameras and even home appliances easier and faster. To make it easier to exchange information and files between devices as needed.

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Is iOS 7 Multipeer Connectivity compatible with Android Wi-Fi Direct?

I've been looking at iOS 7's new P2P networking framework, MultipeerConnectivity, and from the description, it seems to me that it uses a combination of some kind of Wi-Fi Direct technology and Bluetooth PANs. Is the Wi-Fi Direct technology in this…
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Android NSD not discovering all services

I'm trying to run an application using Android Native Service Discovery but sometimes when I run the application, it doesn't discover all services from my network. I'm running the code from https://github.com/joeluchoa/nsd using four galaxy nexus…
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Wifi P2P service discovery works intermittently

Wifi P2P service discovery is not behaving as expected. I am seeing intermittent issues where the DNSSD listeners are not called always and hence I have no clue of nearby devices running the same app. I am using the following two APIs - one to…
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Is Wi-Fi Direct connection possible within iOS devices and among Wi-Fi Direct enabled devices?

Is Wi-Fi Direct connection possible within iOS devices and among Wi-Fi Direct enabled devices? The objective is to enable communication between an iOS device and another device (not necessarily another iOS device. It could be Android, Mac, PC)…
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How to set up a Wifi-Direct connection between Android and Linux

I want to connect two devices using Wifi-Direct. One is a pc with Linux (during my test I'm using Linux Mint 17.2), the other is an Android smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.3. Not rooted and don't want to root). Reading a number of…
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Wi-Fi Direct and iOS Support

I want to use Wi-Fi Direct in a solution, but I'm unsure which platforms support it. Does Wi-Fi Direct depend on iPhone/iOS version? Can I develop an application with Wi-Fi Direct feature on a iPhone 4s with iOS 8.
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WiFi Direct (Android 4.0) with multiple (3+) devices

Like here: Automatic authentication for Android WiFi Direct I want to create a mobile ad-hoc Wifi network with Android devices. But unlike the linked question above I want to use the official Android WiFi Direct API which is availabe since Android…
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How to print a text file using WiFi Direct

I have a working Android app that displays user stats. I want to send a small report with plain text format (.txt) to a WiFi Direct printer. I have downloaded the sample demo app from Android. I did the proper modification in order to look for .txt…
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How to estimate distance between two android devices? (bluetooth preferred)

Target is not to have the real distance. It is something simpler. Target is to check whether another device is very very close. True or false. Let's say 10 or 15 cms is close so our check is true and any device further away fails the check and it is…
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Android Wifi Direct: Avoiding user acceptance when connecting to a known peer

While connecting to a peer using WiFi Direct, user's permission is required. I know that connection can't be made without user never giving the permission and there's a feature request for this kind of…
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Can WIFI direct and WIFI station work simultaneously?

As far as I know, essentially WIFI direct is enabled by a soft AP. My question: can the underlying WIFI module work as a WIFI station and as a WIFI direct endpoint simultaneously? That means, we hope that the WIFI module can communicate with a…
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How to get each device's IP address in Wi-Fi Direct scenario?

Starting from ICS, Wi-Fi Direct is introduced. Normally, we use the WifiP2pManager class to operate on Wi-Fi Direct, but it seems that it can only retrieve the GroupOwner IP address after connected. But, actually, any device all came negotiate to…
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Android <-> iOS direct communication (Bluetooth). Is it possible?

First of all I am an Android developer, so the question goes to all the iOS developers. Is it possible to achieve an Android <-> iPhone/iPad direct communication? Some claim it is not possible, others claim it is. I guess two possible technologies…
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Difference between Wifi aware and Wifi P2P on Android?

What is the main difference between the WiFi aware and WiFi P2P technologies? Using WiFi P2P you can establish a connection between two or more nearby devices without the need of common network. But the android docs spec also that Wi-Fi Aware…
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Wifi-Direct always disconnects after thirty minutes

I am creating a WifiP2pGroup with WifiP2pManager.connect(). This works fine but the group is always disbanded after thirty minutes, no matter whether data is being transferred or not. Does anyone know why this happens, or if it can be prevented? I…
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