AsyncStreams Client question...

[Gary Miyakawa]

Ok, I've got my little world (basically, a Telnet like client) working with straight sockets but I'm reading and it would appear that AsyncStreams would be a much better way to do what I need to do.

I've read/reread/rereread the AsyncStreams tutorial and generally understand BUT I'm struggling :BangHead: with the concept of me (the client) opening something that will "listen" when I don't know what port I should be listening to... Since I'm initiating contact (just like a Telnet client) I don't know (and don't see anything that tells me) what port, the client should be listening on to get the responses..

Sorry for the newbie type question but I just haven't found my answer out th ere..

BTW, B4A is SUCH an advancement for developing code on Android... I sure hope you guys make Millions !! (I made my contribution)...

Thanks folks !

Gary Miyakawa

 

[Erel]

AsyncStreams doesn't deal with the actual connection.
You should make the connection like you currently do and then initialize AsyncStreams by passing the input/output streams to AsyncStreams.Initialize.

 

[flyingbag]

AsyncStreams doesn't deal with the actual connection.
You should make the connection like you currently do and then initialize AsyncStreams by passing the input/output streams to AsyncStreams.Initialize.

Ok, I as a newbie still have the same problem as Gary. The AsyncStreams tutorial is great - but i cannot get my head around the connections bit

Basically i want an app on android device 1 to talk to the same app on android device 2... and send some text to / fro

If i understand correctly - i need to use sockets to do the connections between server and client as mentioned here http://www.b4x.com/forum/basic4android-getting-started-tutorials/7001-android-network-tutorial.html

And Then - use Asyncstreams to do whatever i need to?
Or am i missing something?

Is there a simple example project available somewhere that I can look at?

Thank you

 

[Erel]

The first step is to get an InputStream and an OutputStream. Then you can start work with AsyncStream.

You can check this tutorial: Android Bluetooth / BluetoothAdmin Tutorial
It uses Bluetooth for the connection, however it should be pretty similar to a TCP connection.