Android Question How to get Local IP Address from Computer Name ?

[Rajesh Gupta]

Dear All

Suppose my computer name is "Utkarsh", and i need to get my Local Ip address using my computer name i.e "Utkarsh".

Is there any way ?

Thanks

 

[mcqueccu]

Open cmd and type ipconfig

 

[Rajesh Gupta]

Open cmd and type ipconfig

I want to embed this thing in android application.

When i give host name from front end, then android app should return IpAddress

 

[Mark Read]

No idea if this is any help. Using inline java: Link

 

[Erel]

It happens automatically when you call Socket.Connect. The host name will be resolved.

 

[Rajesh Gupta]

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
    'Do not forget to load the layout file created with the visual designer. For example:
    Activity.LoadLayout("Layout1")
   
    Dim x As String
    x = GetHostName("dotnet")
    Msgbox(x, "IP Address of host")
End Sub

Sub Activity_Resume

End Sub

Sub Activity_Pause (UserClosed As Boolean)

End Sub
Sub GetHostName(IP As String) As String
    Dim r As Reflector
    r.Target = r.RunStaticMethod("java.net.InetAddress", "getByName", Array As Object(IP), _
        Array As String("java.lang.String"))
    If r.Target = Null Then Return "N/A"
    Return r.RunMethod("getCanonicalHostName")
End Sub

This code is giving exception - java.lang.UnknownHostException

 

[Erel]

1. Your code will fail in release mode unless you disable the network on main thread check. Even if you disable it the app might still be killed.

2. This error means that the device was unable to resolve the host name. It is related to the network configuration.

 

[Erel]

What do you need it for? Maybe there is a better solution...

 

[Rajesh Gupta]

What do you need it for? Maybe there is a better solution...

I need to get IpAddress from hostname provided by the user along with port no.

For example:-

If user is entering - http://dotnet:981

Then my B4a code should convert Host Name i.e "dotnet" to its IpAddress (say - 192.168.0.27) and return it as:-

http://192.168.0.27:981

 

[Erel]

Will the device app use this ip address to connect?

 

[Rajesh Gupta]

Will the device app use this ip address to connect?

Yes..This ipAddress will be used to connect to a desktop application on my system.

 

[Erel]

See my answer in post #5.

 

[Rajesh Gupta]

See my answer in post #5.

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
    'Do not forget to load the layout file created with the visual designer. For example:
    Activity.LoadLayout("Layout1")
    serversocket.Initialize("serversocket")
    serversocket.Connect("Dotnet", 1111 , 1000)
   
End Sub

Sub Activity_Resume

End Sub

Sub Activity_Pause (UserClosed As Boolean)

End Sub
Sub GetHostName(Ip As String) As String
    Dim r As Reflector
    r.Target = r.RunStaticMethod("java.net.InetAddress", "getByName", Array As Object(Ip), _
        Array As String("java.lang.String"))
    If r.Target = Null Then Return "N/A"
    Return r.RunMethod("getCanonicalHostName")
End Sub

Sub serversocket_Connected (Successful As Boolean)
    If Successful = False Then
        Msgbox(LastException.Message, "Error connecting")
        Return
    End If
   
    Dim x As String
    x = GetHostName("Dotnet")
    Msgbox(x, "IP Address of host")
    serversocket.Close
End Sub

Here the Error comes - android.system.gaiexception android_getaddrinfo failed eai_nodata (No address associated with hostname)

 

[Erel]

The GetHostName code is not required and will not help. The problem is related to the network configuration. The DNS server that the device uses is not able to resolve the host name.

BTW, there are many mistakes in this code. Network example: [B4X] Network + AsyncStreams + B4XSerializator

You can use UDP broadcasting to find the server: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/mqtt-chat-with-auto-discovery.75713/#content

 

[Rajesh Gupta]

The GetHostName code is not required and will not help. The problem is related to the network configuration. The DNS server that the device uses is not able to resolve the host name.

BTW, there are many mistakes in this code. Network example: [B4X] Network + AsyncStreams + B4XSerializator

You can use UDP broadcasting to find the server: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/mqtt-chat-with-auto-discovery.75713/#content

So i need to change the network configuration and DNS on my Sytem?

 

[Erel]

Yes.

 

[warwound]

Have you got Bonjour running on the computer that you want to connect to?
If not, could you install Bonjour on that computer?

I've recently wrapped the jmDNS library and have been using it with good results in a project i'm working on.
It takes a 'whatever.local' address and tries to resolve it to an IP address, you then use the IP address to connect to your computer.
(You can't connect to whatever.local, you must resolve to an IP address and connect using IP address).

If you want to try my jmDNS then let me know and i'll upload it.

 

[Rajesh Gupta]

Have you got Bonjour running on the computer that you want to connect to?
If not, could you install Bonjour on that computer?

I've recently wrapped the jmDNS library and have been using it with good results in a project i'm working on.
It takes a 'whatever.local' address and tries to resolve it to an IP address, you then use the IP address to connect to your computer.
(You can't connect to whatever.local, you must resolve to an IP address and connect using IP address).

If you want to try my jmDNS then let me know and i'll upload it.

Yaa sure..that would be great

 

[warwound]

OK here's my wrapper library for jmDNS.
I've attached a sample b4a project which contains a class named JmDNSManager, this class is what you're interested in.

You might also want to have a read of https://home.heeere.com/tech-androidjmdns.html, which states:

To improve battery life, processing of multicast packets is disabled by default on Android. We can and must reenable this for the service discovery to work. This is done programmatically by acquiring a lock in our activity.

I don't have time to document anything so you'll have to modify lines 16 and 17 of Main activity:

Private Const TORRENT_SERVER_SERVICE_NAME As String="torrentserver"
Private Const TORRENT_SERVER_SERVICE_TYPE As String="_websocket._tcp.local."

Then compile and see if your local domain is discovered and resolved.

Logcat on my pc shows success:

JmDNSManager1_Initialized: true
mServiceListener_ServiceAdded: torrentserver
mServiceListener_ServiceResolved: torrentserver
JmDNSManager1_ServiceResolved
192.168.100.100
torrentserver
8080

Library files and example project attached.

 

[Rajesh Gupta]

OK here's my wrapper library for jmDNS.
I've attached a sample b4a project which contains a class named JmDNSManager, this class is what you're interested in.

You might also want to have a read of https://home.heeere.com/tech-androidjmdns.html, which states:


I don't have time to document anything so you'll have to modify lines 16 and 17 of Main activity:

Private Const TORRENT_SERVER_SERVICE_NAME As String="torrentserver"
Private Const TORRENT_SERVER_SERVICE_TYPE As String="_websocket._tcp.local."

Then compile and see if your local domain is discovered and resolved.

Logcat on my pc shows success:


Library files and example project attached.

Thanks for the help, but i am not quite getting it..
Simply my question is I want to enter my computer's HostName i.e "Dotnet" and the B4a program should resolveits Local IP Address i.e "192.168.0.44"