Hi
I'm trying to connect 2 android device (without server in the middle, just directly like peer-to-peer) which are connected to internet(they are far apart) and send messages.
I thought its like normal socket programming, and connects via IP, seems not.
what I have done so far is this:
I have created 2 android projects, server(receiver) and client(sender) running in 2 separate devices
Both devices are connected to internet
found the IP of the device with server app running in (using whatismyip.com) and used it in client app code
but when I want to send a text from client to server, an exception happens in client printing Error3
this is my code:
server:
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
ServerSocket ss = null;
String mClientMsg = "";
Thread myCommsThread = null;
protected static final int MSG_ID = 0x1337;
public static final int SERVERPORT = 6000;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.TextView01);
tv.setText("Nothing from client yet");
this.myCommsThread = new Thread(new CommsThread());
this.myCommsThread.start();
}
@Override
protected void onStop() {
super.onStop();
try {
ss.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Handler myUpdateHandler = new Handler() {
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
switch (msg.what) {
case MSG_ID:
TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.TextView01);
tv.setText(mClientMsg);
break;
default:
break;
}
super.handleMessage(msg);
}
};
class CommsThread implements Runnable {
public void run() {
Socket s = null;
try {
ss = new ServerSocket(SERVERPORT );
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
while (!Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()) {
Message m = new Message();
m.what = MSG_ID;
try {
if (s == null)
s = ss.accept();
BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(s.getInputStream()));
String st = null;
st = input.readLine();
mClientMsg = st;
myUpdateHandler.sendMessage(m);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
}
Client:
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private Button bt;
private TextView tv;
private Socket socket;
private String serverIpAddress = "5.114.22.118";
private static final int REDIRECTED_SERVERPORT = 80;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
bt = (Button) findViewById(R.id.myButton);
tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.myTextView);
new Thread(new ClientThread()).start();
bt.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
try {
EditText et = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.EditText01);
String str = et.getText().toString();
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(socket.getOutputStream())),true);
out.println(str);
Log.d("Client", "Client sent message");
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
tv.setText("Error1");
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
tv.setText("Error2");
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (Exception e) {
tv.setText("Error3");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
class ClientThread implements Runnable {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
InetAddress serverAddr = InetAddress.getByName(serverIpAddress);
socket = new Socket(serverAddr, REDIRECTED_SERVERPORT);
} catch (UnknownHostException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}