how to Send string from Android to PC over wifi
You would have to write a server program on the PC and use a ServerSocket to accept a connection from and write a thread for your Android phone that uses a regular socket (with the same port as the PC end) and then manage them using DataInputStream and DataOutputStream. You also need to open permissions on your AndroidManifest.xml.
For the permissions use this:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
For the code here's a little example:
Server:
String msg_received;
ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(1755);
Socket clientSocket = socket.accept(); //This is blocking. It will wait.
DataInputStream DIS = new DataInputStream(clientSocket.getInputStream());
msg_received = DIS.readUTF();
clientSocket.close();
socket.close();
Client:
Socket socket = new Socket("192.168.0.1",1755);
DataOutputStream DOS = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
DOS.writeUTF("HELLO_WORLD");
socket.close();
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The communication part is rather easy. Open a TCP server on the PC, and have a TCP Client on the Android device sending it Strings / Commands. A nice tutorial may be found here, but you will need to modify it for your needs.
Notice that when working with TCP, it should not be done from the main thread, but from a background thread. A good method for that is AsyncTask (When you'll get there).
The other part is the keyboard simulation. For that you need to use the java.awt.Robot class.
based on your web server design you either use restful communication or soap and then send your data over HTTP protocol to your web service and get the desired answer from it. i have written an asp web service for soap approach that i will explain below.
Here is the java example code for soap standard:
private static String NameSpace = "http://tempuri.org/";
//below url must be your service url, mine is a local one
private static String URL = "http://192.168.2.213/hintsservice/service.asmx";
private static String SOAP_ACTION = "http://tempuri.org/";
public static String Invoke(String s) {
//respond string from server
String resTxt = "";
//the name of your web service method
final String webMethName = "Hint";
// Create request
SoapObject request = new SoapObject(NameSpace, webMethName);
// Property which holds input parameters
PropertyInfo PI = new PropertyInfo();
// Set Name
PI.setName("s");
// Set Value
PI.setValue(s);
// Set dataType
PI.setType(String.class);
// Add the property to request object
request.addProperty(PI);
// Create envelope
SoapSerializationEnvelope envelope = new SoapSerializationEnvelope(
SoapEnvelope.VER11);
//Set envelope as dotNet
envelope.dotNet = true;
// Set output SOAP object
envelope.setOutputSoapObject(request);
// Create HTTP call object
HttpTransportSE androidHttpTransport = new HttpTransportSE(URL);
try {
// Invoke web servi.ce
androidHttpTransport.call(SOAP_ACTION + webMethName, envelope);
// Get the response
SoapPrimitive response = (SoapPrimitive) envelope.getResponse();
// Assign it to resTxt variable static variable
resTxt = response.toString();
}catch (Exception e) {
//Print error
e.printStackTrace();
//Assign error message to resTxt
resTxt = "Error occured";
}
//Return resTxt to calling object
return resTxt;
}
now you just need to call this method from appropriate activity and let your web service do the rest. Here is the example web service in C# language:
[WebService(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")]
[WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]
// To allow this Web Service to be called from script, using ASP.NET AJAX, uncomment the following line.
[System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService]
public class Service : System.Web.Services.WebService
{
public Service () {
//Uncomment the following line if using designed components
//InitializeComponent();
[WebMethod]
public string Hint(string s) {
string response = string.Empty;
//todo: produce response
return response;
}
}
}