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Cannot use WifiP2pManager.setDeviceName on Android 11 (Wi-Fi Direct)

My team and I are working with Wi-Fi Direct technology on Android devices. Until now, the used devices were on Android 8, 9 and 10. We were able to change the Wifi P2P device name of the devices via the WifiP2pManager.setDeviceName method.
Unfortunately, from Android 11 it is impossible to call this method without system permissions.
I came here to ask you if there is a solution to change the WifiP2p device name of non-rooted Android 11 devices programmatically.
If not, is there an alternative to Wi-Fi Direct (excepted Bluetooth) supported from Android 8 on which you can start a connection between two (or more) devices, communicate and send files programmatically without a connection to the internet?
Thank you

Maybe now it's too late but just in case :
We had to use reflection to change our device names.
We're using this implementation :
public void setDeviceName(String name) {
if(name.length() > 32) { // Name size limit is 32 chars.
name = name.substring(0, 32);
}
Class[] paramTypes = new Class[3];
paramTypes[0] = WifiP2pManager.Channel.class;
paramTypes[1] = String.class;
paramTypes[2] = WifiP2pManager.ActionListener.class;
Object[] argList = new Object[3];
argList[0] = mChannel; // Your current channel
argList[1] = name;
argList[2] = new WifiP2pManager.ActionListener() {
#Override
public void onSuccess() {
Log.d(TAG, "Wifi name successfully set to " + name);
}
#Override
public void onFailure(int reason) {
Log.e(TAG, "Device name set failed: reason = " + reason);
}
};
try {
Method setDeviceNameMethod = WifiP2pManager.class.getMethod("setDeviceName", paramTypes);
setDeviceNameMethod.setAccessible(true);
setDeviceNameMethod.invoke(mWifiP2pMgr, argList);
} catch (NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException |
IllegalArgumentException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "Exception while trying to set device name.\n" + e.toString());
}
}

Using incoming data from bluetooth connection for specific objects? C# Windows Form App & Java Android App

first post here. I've tried to look for a question I have but no luck so I figure I ask it myself.
I am working on 2 programs. An Android app in Java and a C# Windows Form App on windows. They are both simply scorekeeping calculators to keep track of the score of 2 players.
The goal of the 2 programs is to use a Bluetooth connection to send data back and forth between each other so that they are "synced". Android app is a client, c# app is a server (32feet library).
Using the Bluetooth Chat example on Android and some code i put together in VS, I managed to get the 2 programs to connect and send and receive data to each other, great!
But now my main goal is that I need to find out a way to take the incoming data coming from the Android app and change the appropriate labels/text on the windows app.
So for example:
on the Windows App, there are 2 Labels: one for Player1, one for Player2 that both say "10".
On the Android App, I have 2 buttons that separately subtract from either Player1 or Player2's score.
On the android app, if I touch the button that subtracts(-) 1 from Player1 it would be 9. I now want that change to apply to Player1's score label on the windows app, where it would also show 9.
I then want the same thing for Player2's score.
This is the best I can describe my goal, and I would like to know if it's possible, and if so, be pointed in the right direction.
Here is some provided code for what I have so far:
C# windows form app:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (serverStarted == true)
{
updateUI("Server already started");
return;
}
if (radioButton1.Checked)
{
connectAsClient();
}
else
{
connectAsServer();
}
}
private void connectAsServer()
{
Thread bluetoothServerThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(ServerConnectThread)); //creates new thread and runs "ServerConnectThread"
bluetoothServerThread.Start();
}
private void connectAsClient()
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
Guid mUUID = new Guid("fa87c0d0-afac-11de-8a39-0800200c9a66");
bool serverStarted = false;
public void ServerConnectThread()
{
serverStarted = true;
updateUI("Server started, waiting for client");
BluetoothListener blueListener = new BluetoothListener(mUUID);
blueListener.Start();
BluetoothClient conn = blueListener.AcceptBluetoothClient();
updateUI("Client has connected");
Stream mStream = conn.GetStream();
while (true)
{
try
{
//handle server connection
byte[] received = new byte[1024];
mStream.Read(received, 0, received.Length);
updateUI("Received: " + Encoding.ASCII.GetString(received));
byte[] sent = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("hello world");
mStream.Write(sent, 0, sent.Length);
}
catch (IOException exception)
{
updateUI("Client disconnected");
}
}
}
private void updateUI(string message)
{
Func<int> del = delegate ()
{
textBox1.AppendText(message + Environment.NewLine);
return 0;
};
Invoke(del);
}
}
Android App (snippet from the Bluetooth Chat example - i think this is the only relevant part):
/**
* Sends a message.
*
* #param message A string of text to send.
*/
private void sendMessage(String message) {
// Check that we're actually connected before trying anything
if (mChatService.getState() != BluetoothChatService.STATE_CONNECTED) {
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), R.string.not_connected, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return;
}
// Check that there's actually something to send
if (message.length() > 0) {
// Get the message bytes and tell the BluetoothChatService to write
byte[] send = message.getBytes();
mChatService.write(send);
// Reset out string buffer to zero and clear the edit text field
mOutStringBuffer.setLength(0);
mOutEditText.setText(mOutStringBuffer);
}
}

You will want to have to add the clients to alist of streams for reference and also store the scores of each client on a list and then send the data coming from each client to the rest of the clients
so from the server youd have basically something like this
List<Stream> clients=new List<Stream>();
List<String> client_scores=new List<String>();
public void ServerConnectThread()
{
serverStarted = true;
updateUI("Server started, waiting for client");
BluetoothListener blueListener = new BluetoothListener(mUUID);
blueListener.Start();
BluetoothClient conn = blueListener.AcceptBluetoothClient();
updateUI("Client has connected");
Stream mStream = conn.GetStream();
clients.add(mStream);
client_scores.add(new Random().Next()+"");
int index_cnt = clients.IndexOf(mStream);
while (true)
{
try
{
//handle server connection
byte[] received = new byte[1024];
mStream.Read(received, 0, received.Length);
updateUI("Received: " + Encoding.ASCII.GetString(received));
client_scores[client_scores.FindIndex(ind=>ind.Equals(index_cnt))] = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(received);
byte[] sent = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("hello world");
mStream.Write(sent, 0, sent.Length);
foreach(Stream str in clients)
{
byte[] my_score = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(clients.ToArray()[index_cnt]+"");
str.Write(my_score, 0, my_score.Length);
}
}
catch (IOException exception)
{
updateUI("Client disconnected");
}
}
}
You can then serialize the data being sent in some sort of json so as to send multiple fields of data comfortably for example :
{
"data type": "score",
"source_id": "client_unique_id",
"data": "200"
}
On your displaying side,just get the values of (in our example case source_id and data) and display on a label

Android HTTP Requests Working In Simulator But Not On Wear Device

I am making a simple Android Wear app to control my thermostats, and I'm sending POST requests with Volley to control them. Everything works great in the Android Wear simulator (the request works), but, while the app does load on my Moto 360, the volley request gets called but invariably times out.
Why could my volley request be failing on my watch but working on the simulator? Other apps' requests succeed on my watch (for example, the built-in weather app can load up weather data in about 3 seconds). And, the weirdest part: I had the app working (successfully making volley requests) on my watch, and, about a day after I installed it to my watch from Android Studio, it suddenly stopped loading data for no apparent reason.
What I've tried so far:
I have requested the Internet permission in my manifest.xml.
I have increased the timeout to 30 seconds (see my code below), which didn't change anything.
I have tried tethering my computer and the simulator to my phone's connection via Bluetooth (to replicate the Bluetooth connection my physical watch has to my phone), and the simulator made the request successfully still (albeit with a two-second delay), ruling out the possibility of Bluetooth being too slow.
I made sure the API level is low enough for my Marshmallow-running watch (my watch and the app are both API level 23).
I tried doing a quick test request to Google before the request to the company's servers with my thermostat data, and while the Google request returns the site's HTML code in the simulator, it times out on my watch (thirty seconds after the request is initiated).
I tried putting some dummy data into the recycler view data should be loaded into, and the dummy data indeed showed up, ruling out that the recycler view is broken.
I deleted the app from my watch and reinstalled it, and deleted the companion from my phone, reinstalled it, and deleted it again, all to no avail.
A lengthy chat with Google Support did not produce anything meaningful.
Here's my code (from my main view's adapter):
public void refreshThermostatsRecyclerView(RequestQueue queue) {
String url = "https://mobile.skyport.io:9090/login"; // login call to the thermostats server Skyport
Log.w("myApp", "Starting /login call to Skyport"); // this gets called on simulator and watch
// Request a string response from the provided URL.
StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST, url,
Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
// Display the response string.
Log.w("myApp", "Response is: " + response); // this gets called on the simulator but not the watch
try {
// there's some code to parse the data.
} catch (JSONException e) {
Log.w("myApp", "catching an error parsing the json."); // never gets called.
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}, new Response.ErrorListener() {
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
Log.w("myApp", "Skyport request didn't work! " + error); // this always gets called on the watch, with the error being a timeout error (com.Android.Volley.timeouterror) but never gets called in the simulator
}
}) {
#Override
public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
Map<String, String> m = new HashMap<>();
m.put("Referer", "app:/VenstarCloud.swf");
// here I put some more headers
return m;
}
#Override
protected Map<String, String> getParams() throws AuthFailureError {
Map<String, String> m = new HashMap<>();
m.put("version", "3.0.5");
m.put("email", userEmail);
m.put("password", userToken);
return m;
}
};
// Add the request to the RequestQueue.
int socketTimeout1 = 30000; // times out 30 seconds after the request starts on the watch
RetryPolicy policy1 = new DefaultRetryPolicy(socketTimeout1, DefaultRetryPolicy.DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES, DefaultRetryPolicy.DEFAULT_BACKOFF_MULT);
stringRequest.setRetryPolicy(policy1);
queue.add(stringRequest);
}
Which is called from the onCreate() method in my Main Activity with this code:
RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
refreshThermostatsRecyclerView(queue);
If you'd like to view the logs created by running this in the simulator and on the watch, they're on Google Drive here.
Edit 1: A reboot of my watch fixes the issue temporarily and allows the watch to make HTTP Requests again, but it breaks again once the watch disconnects from Bluetooth, connects to WiFi, disconnects from WiFi, and reconnects to Bluetooth (so it breaks every time I go across my apartment without my phone and then return).
Edit 2: I switched the volley requests all over to HTTPURLConnection Requests in an Async thread, and the same issues occur as with volley.
tl;dr: My app's Volley requests are working in the simulator but not on my Android Wear watch anymore (though Play Store-downloaded apps' similar requests work), how can I get a volley request to work again on my app on the watch?

As per these two conversations below, it seems that WiFi connectivity only allows Android Wear to connect to a phone over WiFi and not directly to the Internet. However, Android Wear 2.0 lets you use regular network APIs.
Direct internet connection on Android Wear?
Does Android Wear support direct access to the Internet?
So, for Android Wear 2.0+ Volley requests from wearable app should work.
If you want to use Android Wear <2.0, then:
On Wearable, in onCreate() add a key that indicates whether the phone should start collecting data.
PutDataMapRequest putDataMapReq = PutDataMapRequest.create("/shouldStart");
putDataMapReq.getDataMap().putBoolean(SHOULD_START_KEY, true);
PutDataRequest putDataReq = putDataMapReq.asPutDataRequest();
PendingResult pendingResult = Wearable.DataApi.putDataItem(mGoogleApiClient, putDataReq);
On phone, in onDataChanged, check if wearable wants to start collecting data. If yes, start Volley request.
for (DataEvent event : dataEvents) {
if (event.getType() == DataEvent.TYPE_CHANGED) {
// DataItem changed
DataItem item = event.getDataItem();
if (item.getUri().getPath().compareTo("/shouldStart") == 0) {
DataMap dataMap = DataMapItem.fromDataItem(item).getDataMap();
boolean shouldStart = dataMap.getBoolean(SHOULD_START_KEY));
if(shouldStart) {
Volley.newRequestQueue(this).add(request);
}
}
} else if (event.getType() == DataEvent.TYPE_DELETED) {
// DataItem deleted
}
}
Then, your Volley request's onResponse should pass data back to Wearable.
public void onResponse(String response) {
PutDataMapRequest putDataMapReq = PutDataMapRequest.create("/data");
putDataMapReq.getDataMap().putString(DATA_KEY, true);
PutDataRequest putDataReq = putDataMapReq.asPutDataRequest();
PendingResult pendingResult = Wearable.DataApi.putDataItem(mGoogleApiClient, putDataReq);
}
Finally, you can access data in your Wearable using onDataChanged and store it in your model for passing it onto adapter:
for (DataEvent event : dataEvents) {
if (event.getType() == DataEvent.TYPE_CHANGED) {
// DataItem changed
DataItem item = event.getDataItem();
if (item.getUri().getPath().compareTo("/data") == 0) {
DataMap dataMap = DataMapItem.fromDataItem(item).getDataMap();
parseAndpassToAdapter(dataMap.getString(DATA_KEY));
}
} else if (event.getType() == DataEvent.TYPE_DELETED) {
// DataItem deleted
}
}
You'll need Wearable.API to implement this and your class should implement DataApi.DataListener. For more information getting started, refer to Accessing the Wearable Data Layer and Syncing Data Items
Hope this helps.

I am also using volley on an Android wear app I built and I am running it on a Moto 360, I have run into the same problem a couple o times. Try restarting the device. Go to Settings > Restart. It sounds silly but it has worked for me.

You could try an alternative to volley if you can rule out the connection as the problem:
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.1'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.1.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.1.0'
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4'
compile 'com.google.api-client:google-api-client:1.20.0'
The versions are important.
Then to your request:
Map<String, String> contentParams = new HashMap<>();
InputStream is = null;
NetHttpTransport transport = null;
HttpRequest request = null;
HttpResponse resp = null;
HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
JSONObject json = null;
try {
transport = new NetHttpTransport();
HttpRequestFactory factory = transport.createRequestFactory();
request = factory.buildPostRequest(new GenericUrl(url), null);
contentParams = getContentParameters();
headers.putAll(getHeaderParameters());
request.setHeaders(headers);
request.getUrl().putAll(contentParams);
resp = request.execute();
is = resp.getContent();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
if (is != null) {
string = getJSONFromInputStream(is);
json = new JSONObject(string);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
transport.shutdown();
protected Map<String, String> getContentParameters() {
Map<String, String> m = new HashMap<>();
m.put("version", "3.0.5");
m.put("email", userEmail);
m.put("password", userToken);
return m;
}
protected Map<String, String> getHeaderParameters() {
Map<String, String> m = new HashMap<>();
m.put("Referer", "app:/VenstarCloud.swf");
return m;
}
protected String getJSONFromInputStream(InputStream is) {
if (is == null)
throw new NullPointerException();
//instantiates a reader with max size
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is), 8 * 1024);
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
try {
//reads the response line by line (and separates by a line-break)
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line + "\n");
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
//closes the inputStream
is.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return sb.toString();
}
Then just execute your code from a thread/asynctask/have it delay your frontend slightly
Edit:
Just in case there is a problem with appending a map:
for (Entry<String, String> entry : getHeaderParameters()) {
headers.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
}
for (Entry<String, String> entry : getContentParameters()) {
request.getUrl().put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
}
Also as another note, make sure to change the return type from void on both those methods to Map

Is this not just the case of when the watch is connected to the phone via bluetooth the internet will not work, as wifi is turned off. If the watch is using wifi to connect to the phone then it will work.
I'm working on wear 2.0 app and just turn blueooth off on my phone for my watch to get internet connection.

Google Drive for Android SDK Doesn't List Files

I've got a really odd problem with the Google Drive Android SDK. I've been using it for several months now, and until last week it performed perfectly. However, there is now a really odd error, which doesn't occur all the time but does 9 out of 10 times.
I'm trying to list the user's files and folders stored in a particular Google Drive folder. When I'm trying to use the method Drive.files().list().execute(), 9 out of 10 times literally nothing happens. The method just hangs, and even if I leave it for an hour, it just remains doing... nothing.
The code I'm using is below - all of this being run within the doInBackground of an AsyncTask. I've checked credentials - they are all fine, as is the app's certificate's SHA1 hash. No exceptions are thrown. Google searches have yielded nothing. Here is the particular bit of code that's bothering me:
try {
GoogleAccountCredential credential = GoogleAccountCredential.usingOAuth2(
SettingsActivity.this, Arrays.asList(DriveScopes.DRIVE));
if (googleAccountName != null && googleAccountName.length() > 0) {
credential.setSelectedAccountName(googleAccountName);
Drive service = new Drive.Builder(AndroidHttp.newCompatibleTransport(),
new GsonFactory(), credential).build();
service.files().list().execute(); // Google Drive fails here
} else {
// ...
}
} catch (final UserRecoverableAuthIOException e) {
// Authorisation Needed
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
startActivityForResult(e.getIntent(), REQUEST_AUTHORISE_GDRIVE);
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("SettingsActivity: Google Drive", "Unable to add Google Drive account due to Exception after trying to show the Google Drive authroise request intent, as the UserRecoverableIOException was originally thrown. Error message:\n" + e.getMessage());
}
}
});
Log.d("SettingsActivity: Google Drive", "UserRecoverableAuthIOException when trying to add Google Drive account. This is normal if this is the first time the user has tried to use Google Drive. Error message:\n" + e.getMessage());
return;
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("SettingsActivity: Google Drive", "Unable to add Google Drive account. Error message:\n" + e.getMessage());
return;
}
I'm using Drive API v2. Thanks everyone!
Edit
Having played around a bit more, it turns out this isn't for just listing files. Trying to interact with any file on Google Drive behaves the same way - deleting, downloading, creating... Anything! I have also noticed that putting the device in aeroplane mode so it has not internet access makes no difference either: Google Drive doesn't throw an exception, or even return, it just freezes the thread it's on.
I've updated to the very latest Drive API lib but that hasn't helped. I remembered that the error happened soon after I added the JSch SSH library to the project, so I removed that, but it made no difference. Removing and re-adding the Drive API v2 has made no difference either, and nor has cleaning the project.
Edit 2
I've found something which may be significant. On the Google Developer console, I had some Drive errors recorded as follows:
TOP ERRORS:
Requests % Requests Methods Error codes
18 38.30% drive.files.list 400
14 29.79% drive.files.insert 500
11 23.40% drive.files.update 500
4 8.51% drive.files.get 400
Do you reckon these are the errors? How could I fix them? Thanks

This is my code and it's work
new AsyncTask<Void, Void, List<File>>() {
#Override
protected List<File> doInBackground(Void... params) {
List<File> result = new ArrayList<File>();
try {
com.google.api.services.drive.Drive.Files.List list = service.files().list();
list.setQ("'" + sourcePath + "' in parents");
FileList fileList = list.execute();
result = fileList.getItems();
if(result != null) {
return result;
}
} catch (UserRecoverableAuthIOException e) {
startActivityForResult(e.getIntent(), REQUEST_AUTHORIZATION);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
protected void onPostExecute(List<File> result) {
//This is List file from Google Drive
};
}.execute();

I've come up with a solution which does work, and thought I'd post it so others could see it if they happen to come across the problem.
Luckily, I had backed up all of the previous versions of the app. So I restored the whole project to how it was two weeks ago, copied and pasted all changes from the newer version which had been made since then, and it worked. I don't see why this should work, since the end result is the same project, but it does!

Google Drive List Files
This might help you.. Try to display it in ListView u will see all fetched folders
public void if_db_updated(Drive service)
{
try {
Files.List request = service.files().list().setQ("mimeType = 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder'");
FileList files = request.execute();
for(File file : files.getItems())
{
String title = file.getTitle();
showToast(title);
}
} catch (UserRecoverableAuthIOException e) {
startActivityForResult(e.getIntent(), REQUEST_AUTHORIZATION);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void showToast(final String toast) {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), toast, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});

Getting Portable Devices using java

I am trying to access some files in a device (having "windows CE" application in it) that appears as portable device in windows 7 using java applet....
My device path is like "Computer\Attari's Device\myfile.txt" Now i am trying to access file from it using the same address but it gives path error or file not found.
Similarly i used "\\.\Attari's Device\myfile.txt" but it resulted in same error tell me how to access portable devices using java applet
When i navigate to connected device and right-click on file and see it's properties then it shows it's location as
Location: Computer\Attari's Device
Also when i open this file it is automatically placed in temp files of my computer.
I am using Signed Applet as well so there is no issue of file access denied
I also used File.listRoots() but it also does not list attached portable devices
I have to write some file in portable device using java applet

I found the solution to above problem using JMTP library on
http://code.google.com/p/jmtp/
Here is my code
package jmtp;
import be.derycke.pieter.com.COMException;
import be.derycke.pieter.com.Guid;
import java.io.*;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import jmtp.PortableDevice;
import jmtp.*;
public class Jmtp {
public static void main(String[] args) {
PortableDeviceManager manager = new PortableDeviceManager();
PortableDevice device = manager.getDevices()[0];
// Connect to my mp3-player
device.open();
System.out.println(device.getModel());
System.out.println("---------------");
// Iterate over deviceObjects
for (PortableDeviceObject object : device.getRootObjects()) {
// If the object is a storage object
if (object instanceof PortableDeviceStorageObject) {
PortableDeviceStorageObject storage = (PortableDeviceStorageObject) object;
for (PortableDeviceObject o2 : storage.getChildObjects()) {
//
// BigInteger bigInteger1 = new BigInteger("123456789");
// File file = new File("c:/JavaAppletSigningGuide.pdf");
// try {
// storage.addAudioObject(file, "jj", "jj", bigInteger1);
// } catch (Exception e) {
// //System.out.println("Exception e = " + e);
// }
//
System.out.println(o2.getOriginalFileName());
}
}
}
manager.getDevices()[0].close();
}
}
Donot forget add jmtp.dll files (that comes up with jmtp download) as a native library for more info see my answer on
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12798530/including-native-library-in-netbeans