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@Manikkumar1988 Like @FredrikAugust correctly mentioned it's not active. Not sure if I will be continuing on the repo or the idea later, but I would love to see it come alive again. But if I try again, I might try differently with easier and better abstractions that are less error prone, instead of writing very low level threads and tcp code. At least use some libs and even check existing protocols. You can think on more about the different ways you can implement it 😄

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I have started with a basic version of the library. You can have a look at it here : https://github.com/Android-File-Share/FileShare

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@karuppiah7890 is this still Active?

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@Manikkumar1988 based on the commit history, I'd say no. If you want to give it a go, let me know, and I'll help as best I can :)

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@FredrikAugust yup, Im interested to kick start this side project. Shall I create my own repository and have link posted here?

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Don't worry about it, I'll setup a team and repo for you under this org @Manikkumar1988. Just give me two minutes and it'll be up! 👍

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@Manikkumar1988 Done! I've invited you to the team, and the repo is set up :) Let me know if I can be of assistance.

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@karuppiah7890 can you point any reference to on which technology to choose first for transferring

• Wi-Fi direct
• Bluetooth
• TCP/UDP
• Nearby API

I went through your articles, you seem to much concerned about handling long operations on non-UI thread (thread or service or handler thread). Android Platform is now mature enough that we have viewmodel, work manager which eases handling these tasks.

Now my concern how to transfer the file?

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After much reading about P2P and enabling the same using tech stack available on Android platform, found below components:
Using Wifi:
Wifi P2P
Wifi Aware

Using NFC

Hybrid, Nearby API

Bluetooth

and on low level socket programming, TCP/UDP, is available!

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