android.net.wifi.aware

Provides classes which allow applications to use Wi-Fi Aware to discover peers and create connections to them.

Using the Wi-Fi Aware APIs, applications can advertise services, discover peers which are advertising services, and connect to them. Wi-Fi Aware is independent of Wi-Fi infrastructure (i.e. a device may or may not be associated with an AP concurrent to using Wi-Fi Aware).

The primary entry point to Wi-Fi Aware capabilities is the WifiAwareManager class, which is acquired by calling Context.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_AWARE_SERVICE)

Some APIs may require the following user permissions:

Note: Not all Android-powered devices support Wi-Fi Aware functionality. If your application only works with Wi-Fi Aware (i.e. it should only be installed on devices which support Wi-Fi Aware), declare so with a <uses-feature> element in the manifest file:

 <manifest ...> <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.wifi.aware" /> ... </manifest>

Alternatively, if you application does not require Wi-Fi Aware but can take advantage of it if available, you can perform the check at run-time in your code using hasSystemFeature(String) with FEATURE_WIFI_AWARE:

 getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_WIFI_AWARE)

Classes

AttachCallback	Base class for Aware attach callbacks.
AwarePairingConfig	The config for the Aware Pairing.
AwarePairingConfig.Builder	Builder used to build `AwarePairingConfig` objects.
AwareResources	The resources of the Aware service.
Characteristics	The characteristics of the Wi-Fi Aware implementation.
DiscoverySession	A class representing a single publish or subscribe Aware session.
DiscoverySessionCallback	Base class for Aware session events callbacks.
IdentityChangedListener	Base class for Aware identity/cluster changes callbacks.
ParcelablePeerHandle	A Parcelable `PeerHandle`.
PeerHandle	Opaque object used to represent a Wi-Fi Aware peer.
PublishConfig	Defines the configuration of an Aware publish session.
PublishConfig.Builder	Builder used to build `PublishConfig` objects.
PublishDiscoverySession	A class representing a Aware publish session.
ServiceDiscoveryInfo	An object providing information about a Wi-Fi Aware discovery session with a specific peer.
SubscribeConfig	Defines the configuration of an Aware subscribe session.
SubscribeConfig.Builder	Builder used to build `SubscribeConfig` objects.
SubscribeDiscoverySession	A class representing a Aware subscribe session.
WifiAwareChannelInfo	Wi-Fi Aware data-path channel information.
WifiAwareDataPathSecurityConfig	Wi-Fi Aware data-path security config.
WifiAwareDataPathSecurityConfig.Builder	A builder class for a Wi-Fi Aware data-path security config to encrypt an Aware connection.
WifiAwareManager	This class provides the primary API for managing Wi-Fi Aware operations: discovery and peer-to-peer data connections.
WifiAwareNetworkInfo	Wi-Fi Aware-specific network information.
WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier	Network specifier object used to request a Wi-Fi Aware network.
WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier.Builder	A builder class for a Wi-Fi Aware network specifier to set up an Aware connection with a peer.
WifiAwareSession	This class represents a Wi-Fi Aware session - an attachment to the Wi-Fi Aware service through which the app can execute discovery operations.