I've been looking for something like this for awhile and the UX on this is great. Just tested it out and it did exactly what I wanted.
Does anybody know how the discovery mechanism works?
Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using WebRTC
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Re: Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using WebRTC
#102This is a great app! Useful and to the point.
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#103It is a shame AirDrop is not an standard across all devices. It's almost 2021 and we don't have a universal way to share files in original format. Most ways to transfer between android/iphone/mac/pc are over the internet and compressed. I guess the industry is not interested in collaboration.
Very true. I had high hopes for Google's "nearby share" which was initially announced as a cross-platform networkless way to share files, but these ambitions seem to have been scaled back to "Android to Android only, and it sometimes uses mobile data as a fallback"...
Because rest of OS will not accept it as a standard...
Re: Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using WebRTC
#104It is a shame AirDrop is not an standard across all devices. It's almost 2021 and we don't have a universal way to share files in original format. Most ways to transfer between android/iphone/mac/pc are over the internet and compressed. I guess the industry is not interested in collaboration.
It's easy when you are a monopoly, you don't care about standards and others people...
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#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
İ have an Android and a MBP. The number of times where İ think, "why is this so hard to get this file to that computer" is more than I'd like to admit. Cloud drives (iCloud, OneDrive, GDrive) are all too slow on bad WiFi. This should help me.
I use the VLC iPhone/iPad app to transfer files. There is an option to show the files on your iPhone/iPad as a webserver which works on any device that has a browser (you have to be on the same network).
Fair warning about this method: It will transfer the file just fine, it is depending on iPadOS recognizing there is a file somewhere else. If you are using it for watching video files, you will have to use VLC since iPad video app will not see the file. I tried to use the iPad to watch my video collection (Plex and Emby required paid app for streaming to the iPad), it does weird thing with them. Some of the video file (in MKV, encoded with various format [x264 and HEVC]) will load the video just fine, it will have problem seeking and missing subs (it is already in the container), dropped audios and stuff. I thought my video files is the problem and i tested them in PC and my Note 8, it ran just fine. I would believe it is something to do with iPad OS, PC and Android VLC played the video without issues.
Re: Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using WebRTC
#106I'm the developer of Snapdrop. Thanks for sharing this.
Merry Christmas from Germany!
Re: Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using WebRTC
#107I'm the developer of Snapdrop. Thanks for sharing this. Merry Christmas from Germany!
Ui and names look so similar to sharedrop
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#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have the reverse problem (win10 devices/iphone) and it has become enough of an issue to convince me to switch to android. Its ridiculous how Apple treats non apple devices as third-class citizens.
How would you send a file using Android (without access to an already existing network)? I asked someone with an Android phone the other day and apparently it's not practical.
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
İ have an Android and a MBP. The number of times where İ think, "why is this so hard to get this file to that computer" is more than I'd like to admit. Cloud drives (iCloud, OneDrive, GDrive) are all too slow on bad WiFi. This should help me.
Have you tried Syncthing?
not the OP, I'm on Linux + Android and I hate my phone so much. next phone will be a pinephone and a DSLR or mirrorless camera at this rate.
the ONLY thing that's worked for me is syncthing -- I can't copy files over USB reliably at all.
I guess I could also pay for google photos but honestly fuck google so much. I have a pixel 3a so all I get is the unlimited low-res images.
Why the hell this thing can't just backup files over USB or SMB or a card reader/USB drive plugged in to usb-C is beyond me.
Re: Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using WebRTC
#110It's not really an AirDrop equivalent if it requires you to be on the same network. AirDrop is really useful when you're out and about somewhere and you want to send someone a file. In those cases there's possibly not a WiFi available or in the case of visitors to your home; only you are on the network, not your friend. So I would not see the point of using this instead of AirDrop unless you have to send a file to so…
this issue is solvable with relay server
there's no means for your devices to find/discover each other in the real world