Use multiple network interfaces in an app

Question

I wrote an app that is triggering a Sony qx smartphone attachable camera over wifi. However I need to transfer the images off the phone over another local network in real time.

Answer 1

Since you were programming in Nexus 6P, you can try to use the new API added in ConnectivityManager to select the ethernet as your preferred network connection for your process.

Since I can't build the similar environment like yours, I am not sure if it works. It's just a suggested solution, totally not tested and verified.

ConnectivityManager connectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
Network etherNetwork = null;
for (Network network : connectivityManager.getAllNetworks()) {
    NetworkInfo networkInfo = connectivityManager.getNetworkInfo(network);
    if (networkInfo.getType() == ConnectivityManager.TYPE_ETHERNET) {
        etherNetwork = network;
    }
}
Network boundNetwork = connectivityManager.getBoundNetworkForProcess();
if (boundNetwork != null) {
    NetworkInfo boundNetworkInfo = connectivityManager.getNetworkInfo(boundNetwork);
    if (boundNetworkInfo.getType() != ConnectivityManager.TYPE_ETHERNET) {
        if (etherNetwork != null) {
            connectivityManager.bindProcessToNetwork(etherNetwork);
        }
    }
}