i.MX6Q android BSP API for multiple network.

[satoshishimoda]

Hi community,

I want to confirm my understanding about i.MX6Q android BSP.

I understand android can use wired LAN and wireless LAN simultaneously.

However, user (or a application) cannot select which network use for a specific process because android API does not support it.

(e.g. wired LAN for process A, and wireless LAN for process B)

And I think freescale does not customize about this API, so if user want to select the network to use for specific process, user should customize the android API by themselves.

Is this correct?

Best Regards,

Satoshi Shimoda

[art · Accepted solution]

No, it's not exactly so. First, the Android OS itself has many various APIs to manage network connections, please refer to the following Android Developer site links:

http://developer.android.com/reference/java/net/package-summary.html

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/package-summary.html

Second, in the Android BSP by Freescale, you can access the system console through the following API:

http://developer.android.com/reference/java/io/Console.html

Then, on the console, you can use regular Linux network management utilities, such as 'ifconfig'.

Have a great day,
Artur

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