Here, in this post you will find the detailed code for establishing socket between devices or between two application in the same mobile.
You have to create two application to test below code.
In both application's manifest file, add below permission
1st App code: UDP Client Socket
activity_main.xml
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
android:id="@+id/tr_send_message"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginTop="11dp">
android:id="@+id/edt_send_message"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:hint="Enter message"
android:inputType="text" />
android:id="@+id/btn_send"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:text="Send" />
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_below="@+id/tr_send_message"
android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
android:id="@+id/scrollView2">
android:id="@+id/tv_reply_from_server"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" />
UDPClientSocketActivity.java
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.DatagramPacket;
import java.net.DatagramSocket;
import java.net.InetAddress;
/**
* Created by Girish Bhalerao on 5/4/2017.
*/
public class UDPClientSocketActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {
private TextView mTextViewReplyFromServer;
private EditText mEditTextSendMessage;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button buttonSend = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_send);
mEditTextSendMessage = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edt_send_message);
mTextViewReplyFromServer = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_reply_from_server);
buttonSend.setOnClickListener(this);
}
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
switch (v.getId()) {
case R.id.btn_send:
sendMessage(mEditTextSendMessage.getText().toString());
break;
}
}
private void sendMessage(final String message) {
final Handler handler = new Handler();
Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
String stringData;
@Override
public void run() {
DatagramSocket ds = null;
try {
ds = new DatagramSocket();
// IP Address below is the IP address of that Device where server socket is opened.
InetAddress serverAddr = InetAddress.getByName("xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx");
DatagramPacket dp;
dp = new DatagramPacket(message.getBytes(), message.length(), serverAddr, 9001);
ds.send(dp);
byte[] lMsg = new byte[1000];
dp = new DatagramPacket(lMsg, lMsg.length);
ds.receive(dp);
stringData = new String(lMsg, 0, dp.getLength());
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (ds != null) {
ds.close();
}
}
handler.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
String s = mTextViewReplyFromServer.getText().toString();
if (stringData.trim().length() != 0)
mTextViewReplyFromServer.setText(s + "\nFrom Server : " + stringData);
}
});
}
});
thread.start();
}
}
2nd App Code - UDP Server Socket
activity_main.xml
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
android:id="@+id/btn_stop_receiving"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="STOP Receiving data"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:enabled="false"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="89dp" />
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="@+id/btn_stop_receiving"
android:layout_marginTop="35dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true">
android:id="@+id/tv_data_from_client"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" />
android:id="@+id/btn_start_receiving"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="START Receiving data"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="14dp" />
UDPServerSocketActivity.java
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.DatagramPacket;
import java.net.DatagramSocket;
/**
* Created by Girish Bhalerao on 5/4/2017.
*/
public class UDPServerSocketActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {
final Handler handler = new Handler();
private Button buttonStartReceiving;
private Button buttonStopReceiving;
private TextView textViewDataFromClient;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
buttonStartReceiving = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_start_receiving);
buttonStopReceiving = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_stop_receiving);
textViewDataFromClient = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_data_from_client);
buttonStartReceiving.setOnClickListener(this);
buttonStopReceiving.setOnClickListener(this);
}
private void startServerSocket() {
Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
private String stringData = null;
@Override
public void run() {
byte[] msg = new byte[1000];
DatagramPacket dp = new DatagramPacket(msg, msg.length);
DatagramSocket ds = null;
try {
ds = new DatagramSocket(9001);
//ds.setSoTimeout(50000);
ds.receive(dp);
stringData = new String(msg, 0, dp.getLength());
updateUI(stringData);
String msgToSender = "Bye Bye ";
dp = new DatagramPacket(msgToSender.getBytes(), msgToSender.length(), dp.getAddress(), dp.getPort());
ds.send(dp);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (ds != null) {
ds.close();
}
}
}
});
thread.start();
}
private void updateUI(final String stringData) {
handler.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
String s = textViewDataFromClient.getText().toString();
if (stringData.trim().length() != 0)
textViewDataFromClient.setText(s + "\n" + "From Client : " + stringData);
}
});
}
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
switch (v.getId()) {
case R.id.btn_start_receiving:
startServerSocket();
buttonStartReceiving.setEnabled(false);
buttonStopReceiving.setEnabled(true);
break;
case R.id.btn_stop_receiving:
//Add logic to stop server socket yourself
buttonStartReceiving.setEnabled(true);
buttonStopReceiving.setEnabled(false);
break;
}
}
}