Client-Server Communication app

This APPLICATION have two projects here. it makes use of Socket Programming in android development to demonstrate communication between different applications on different devices.

Installation

Clone this repository and import into two instances of Android Studio
```
 git clone git@github.com:wizzywit/Android-Socket-Programming.git
```

On the server-side project of the Android Studio

Connect the android device to your PC
Click Run
Click the Run app
Select the connected device you plan to install the app and click enter

On the Client-side project of the Android Studio

Change the SERVER_IP of the Code snippet bellow to the installed server device

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
//initialize to any specified port between 1024 to 65535
public static final int SERVER_PORT = ;

//get the IP of the server Device and replace below
public static final String SERVER_IP = "Replace IP Address here";
private ClientThread clientThread;
private Thread thread;
private LinearLayout msgList;
private Handler handler;
private int clientTextColor;
private EditText edMessage;

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

    setTitle("Client");
    clientTextColor = ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.green);
    handler = new Handler();
    msgList = findViewById(R.id.msgList);
    edMessage = findViewById(R.id.edMessage);
}

Connect the client android device
Click Run
Click the Run app
Select the connected device you plan to install the app and click enter

Usage

Connect both device to the same network
Click on the start server button of the server app
CLick the connect to server button on the Client-side app
You can now send and recieve messages between both apps

Configuration

Keystores:

Create app/keystore.gradle with the following info:

ext.key_alias='...'
ext.key_password='...'
ext.store_password='...'

And place both keystores under app/keystores/ directory:

playstore.keystore
stage.keystore

Build variants

Use the Android Studio Build Variants button to choose between production and staging flavors combined with debug and release build types

Generating signed APK

From Android Studio:

Build menu
Generate Signed APK...
Fill in the keystore information (you only need to do this once manually and then let Android Studio remember it)

Maintainers

This project is mantained by:

Contributing

Fork it
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some feature')
Push your branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create a new Pull Request

droidwithme / Android-Socket-Programming