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All of these "alternatives to airdop" don't seem to actually do what airdrop does, which is create an ad-hoc wireless connection. Airdrop isn't just a nice UI for sending files between people, it allows a wi-fi speed transfer between two devices that aren't connected to an existing network of that speed.
Mine does! https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
All of these "alternatives to airdop" don't seem to actually do what airdrop does, which is create an ad-hoc wireless connection. Airdrop isn't just a nice UI for sending files between people, it allows a wi-fi speed transfer between two devices that aren't connected to an existing network of that speed.
Mine does! https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
If the UI was simpler and more "Apple-like" (hate to say this) I could convince my non-tech coworkers/family/friends to use it.
Also, could you auto detect the other peer's OS? You could skip an extra step and UI element. Do you need it to know which WiFi bandwidth to use?
All of these "alternatives to airdop" don't seem to actually do what airdrop does, which is create an ad-hoc wireless connection. Airdrop isn't just a nice UI for sending files between people, it allows a wi-fi speed transfer between two devices that aren't connected to an existing network of that speed.
Mine does! https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
Do you guys actually share this much locally? I have my local sync'd to my cloud storage and just pull it down if/when I need it. I'll just email/text people around me if they don't have airdrop compatibility.
My need is actually when I’m out somewhere fairly remote where there’s no WiFi Internet connection, but there’s either 4G or 5G data, the phones are running iOS and Android and are in close physical proximity with each other. Is there something that works for this device-to-device to send raw data with minimal friction and maximum security (don’t want the app to be sending the data elsewhere)?
Some apps out there are even capable of opening a small HTTP server, so you can technically serve files on tether.
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Which of the steps that I described required advanced technical knowledge? Edit: Ah maybe you thought setting up the server is an additional step. It is not. Share via HTTP is the server. It runs directly on your phone. The URL points directly to your device.
And the remote user's authentication is handled, how? And the routing, NAT, and discovery of your server's private IP address is handled?
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Person A takes group Photo. Person B "could I have that"? Two people touch phones and hit accept.
But neither of these implementations are going to provide this functionality, because of lack of development kits, right? So in the end people would just send it over some messaging app, which scales nicer, or create a shared album, which also scales nicer. Because smashing phones in group of 10 people might get tedious.
If you are capable of sharing a resource in a message or album, it is also automatically shareable via airdrop. iOS treats them all the same via the share sheet.
Show HN: I made an app people call "Airdrop for Android" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39067040 - Jan 2024 (97 comments)
All of these "alternatives to airdop" don't seem to actually do what airdrop does, which is create an ad-hoc wireless connection. Airdrop isn't just a nice UI for sending files between people, it allows a wi-fi speed transfer between two devices that aren't connected to an existing network of that speed.
So Apple.com has built a connection that doesn't adhere to TCP/IP standards. Great engineering, people!