Android/iOS Peer-To-Peer architecture [closed]

Answer 1

I'd look into WebRTC datachannels which has native support for both iOS and android. You can also include desktop browsers as peers with WebRTC.

Answer 2

Currently only OpenGarden's FireChat is one of the only major players doing this. They do provide a mesh-kit sdk which currently I think you need to Apply for.

There is another project which has been kinda of shakey, but I heard was suppose to have a release coming really soon: The Thali Project

Answer 3

I know google just came out with a cross platform api for ios and android devices to communicate with each other. I don't know what you're exactly looking for but this one lets you pass small binary payloads between Android and IOS devices. they don't have to be on the same network at all either or connected to the internet. I'll include the link just check it out.

https://developers.google.com/nearby/messages/overview

Answer 4

Open Garden is developing this sort of technology and implement it in their app, Firechat. Testing the app, we found that Android-to-Android connections worked only over Bluetooth, iPhone-to-iPhone worked with bluetooth or wifi, and Android-to-iPhone only works if the phones are connected to the same network. Here's a link to their sdk which should be out soonish: https://opengarden.com/sdk