Networking between Android and PC

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jonatan.v..

Networking between Android and PC

in Android Processing • 1 year ago

I'm trying to send data from my android to my PC. I didn't find much help in the forums or online, all I found was OSCP5 which seems to work (got some examples running) but feels strange as its a library intended for sound if I understand correctly.

Just sending messages back and forth is all I need.

Is there any other android NET/Socket libraries out there that I missed?

Is processing not something I should use if I want to do networking?

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Jesse Sco..

Re: Networking between Android and PC

1 year ago

OSC was originally built at UC Berkeley to replace/update MIDI, so it was built a lot with Max/MSP and various sound software in mind... that being said, it is data-based, so don't mind the name, it should work fine for what you are trying to do.

Processing has a built-in Network Library :

http://processing.org/reference/libraries/net/index.html

and there are a few other cntributed libraries to do with Networking:

http://processing.org/reference/libraries/#data_protocols

Within the core Android classes, there is a Java Net package:

http://developer.android.com/reference/java/net/package-summary.html

... and I'm sure there are some other contributed Java libraries out there, any of which could be implemented in a Processing/Android sketch...

Hope that helps...

~ J

filmmaker..

Re: Networking between Android and PC

1 year ago

I have also used OSC for various projects to send data between different devices. I believe it is based from UDP so it will behave in that similar manor of communication. The OSCP5 library has made it very efficient too. I feel it is the quickest and easiest to code.

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