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| <p>Provides classes which allow applications to use Wi-Fi Aware to discover peers and create |
| connections to them.</p> |
| <p>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). </p> |
| <p>The primary entry point to Wi-Fi Aware capabilities is the |
| {@link android.net.wifi.aware.WifiAwareManager} class, which is acquired by calling |
| {@link android.content.Context#getSystemService(String) |
| Context.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_AWARE_SERVICE)}</p> |
| |
| <p>Some APIs may require the following user permissions:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>{@link android.Manifest.permission#ACCESS_WIFI_STATE}</li> |
| <li>{@link android.Manifest.permission#CHANGE_WIFI_STATE}</li> |
| <li>{@link android.Manifest.permission#ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> 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 <a |
| href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-feature-element.html"> |
| {@code <uses-feature>}</a> |
| element in the manifest file:</p> |
| <pre> |
| <manifest ...> |
| <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.wifi.aware" /> |
| ... |
| </manifest> |
| </pre> |
| <p>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 {@link |
| android.content.pm.PackageManager#hasSystemFeature(String)} with {@link |
| android.content.pm.PackageManager#FEATURE_WIFI_AWARE}:</p> |
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| getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_WIFI_AWARE) |
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