[android-developers] Re: Please guide me how to send data(datastream, not files) from a PC to a real android phone via USB.

Thx a lot, I will try "reverse tethering" via USB, and connect the PC
and the mobile phone ag.. I think that is the most immediate way to
go.

On 2月14日, 下午12时34分, Lew <lewbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> vvis wrote:
>
> > I want to send data(datastream, not files) from a PC to a real android
> > phone via USB.
>
> > I coded and set the phone to be a SERVER ,PC to be a CLIENT, and it
> > worded.
>
> > And, when I  set the Simulator to be a CLIENT,PC to be a SERVER , it
> > worded too.
>
> > BUT, when I  set the REAL Phone to be a CLIENT,PC to be a SERVER ,  it
> > did not word at all!!!
>
> > Code is like:
> > PC:
> > Runtime.getRuntime().exec("adb forward tcp:12580 tcp:10086");
> > serverSocket = new ServerSocket(12580);
>
> > Android:
> > socket = new Socket(InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1"), 12580);
>
> This code fragment asks for a connection to port 12580 on the device
> itself.  So you are asking the Android device to connect to a socket on the
> same Android device.  Is that what you intended?
>
> //While on the  Simulator use "10.0.2.2" it works!!!
>
> You don't show code or describe your configuration, so I'm not clear on
> what you mean by "works".  But generally you don't have a network
> connection between the device and your PC.  It takes something called
> "reverse tethering" via USB.  The emulator runs on the same network as its
> host, which is why you had no trouble there.
>
> When Googling the terminology myself just now, I came across this
> badly-written but potentially useful little article:http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/191930/Android-Usb-Port-Forwarding
>
> There are problems with reverse tethering; tread carefully.
>
> So you have two problems.  You're trying to connect the Android device to
> itself, and you have no network connection from the device to the PC.
>
> --
> Lew

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