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Sunday, 22 December 2013

Implement Socket on Android to communicate with Raspberry Pi

15:01
There is a post "Java exercise - Implement client and server to communicate using Socket" in my another blog, Hello Raspberry Pi. In which, both host (implement ServerSocket and Socket) and client (implement Socket) are run on Raspberry Pi to setup communication between application via socket. Actually both the host and client can run on any PC with Java.

The client side in the post is ported to Android in this exercise, setup Socket in AsyncTask, to communicate with Raspberry Pi. The updated version of Host (run socket operation in background thread) run on Raspberry Pi or any other PC is here.

Implement Socket on Android to communicate with Raspberry Pi
Implement Socket on Android
MainActivity.java
package com.example.androidclient;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;

import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

TextView textResponse;
EditText editTextAddress, editTextPort;
Button buttonConnect, buttonClear;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

editTextAddress = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.address);
editTextPort = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.port);
buttonConnect = (Button)findViewById(R.id.connect);
buttonClear = (Button)findViewById(R.id.clear);
textResponse = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.response);

buttonConnect.setOnClickListener(buttonConnectOnClickListener);

buttonClear.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
textResponse.setText("");
}});
}

OnClickListener buttonConnectOnClickListener =
new OnClickListener(){

@Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
/*
* You have to verify editTextAddress and
* editTextPort are input as correct format.
*/

MyClientTask myClientTask = new MyClientTask(
editTextAddress.getText().toString(),
Integer.parseInt(editTextPort.getText().toString()));
myClientTask.execute();
}};

public class MyClientTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {

String dstAddress;
int dstPort;
String response;

MyClientTask(String addr, int port){
dstAddress = addr;
dstPort = port;
}

@Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... arg0) {

try {
Socket socket = new Socket(dstAddress, dstPort);
InputStream inputStream = socket.getInputStream();
ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream =
new ByteArrayOutputStream(1024);
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];

int bytesRead;
while ((bytesRead = inputStream.read(buffer)) != -1){
byteArrayOutputStream.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
}

socket.close();
response = byteArrayOutputStream.toString("UTF-8");

} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}

@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
textResponse.setText(response);
super.onPostExecute(result);
}

}

}


Layout
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:autoLink="web"
android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/address"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="dstAddress" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/port"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="dstPort" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/connect"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Connect..."/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/clear"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Clear"/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/response"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

</LinearLayout>


AndroidManifest.xml have to be modified to add <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>



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Cross-post with Hello Raspberry Pi

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