Adobe AIR Development

[xvart]

Hi,

Is it possible to create a TCP client with AIR for PlayBook (I would rather UDP but from what I read it is not available for AIR mobile)?

What I am trying to do is just send short string to a PC that are in the same WiFi.

I have seen and tried this app and it says it uses TCP connection but I do not know whether it was created with AIR or not.

http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/36065

Any information is really appreicated.

[jtegen · Accepted solution]

Look at the Socket class.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/Socket.html

Yes, you can make a TCP socket connection to a remote computer.

[jtegen]

Also, look at the DatagramSocket class (UDP)

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/DatagramSocket.html

I dont think it is support on mobile AIR, but there is a "isSupported" method that you can test.

[xvart]

jtegen thanks for the quick replies.

From what I know UDP is not supported for mobile AIR but I should try the isSupported (which I was not aware) to make sure.

I had seen the Socket class but was not sure if it was supported for mobile AIR.

[jtegen]

Socket is supported.

[osus]

You can also take a look at as3 peer to peer classes, they might help you and are supported on mobile version.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/NetGroup.html

I use it on my app Remote Media Player and Remote Control for communications between Playbook, Bb10, Android and ios devices.

[jtegen]

peer-to-peer only works on the same local network.

[osus]

Yes, and that's what he wants to do, connect to a pc on the same wifi

[xvart]

Hi all,

I got it working (see the solution) and I will publish the app when I have time (right now using it as a debug).

[KermEd]

TCP works fine.

UDP (multicasting) and UPnP by extension don't work.

Which means you cant autodetect network devices (thus can never be a true DLNA client) and will have trouble with streaming video as you need to do it over TCP.