I'm posting in the B4A forum because of the bigger audience, but this is also about B4i and I don't want to cross-post the same topic.
Scenario:
- 2 different apps, a "producer" and a "consumer".
- the "producer" generates real-time data that should be passed to the "consumer".
- both apps runs concurrently on the same phone: the "producer" is a foreground service, the "consumer" displays the UI.
- both apps have an Android and an iOS version, but no cross-platform communication is required: the Android "producer" talks to the Android "consumer" on the same phone, while the iOS "producer" talks to the iOS "consumer" on the same phone.
only the "producer" is a B4X app, the "consumer" is based on a different framework, so merging both apps into a single one is not feasible, but both can be modified at will.
I'm currently evaluating options for bidirectional communication between the "producer" and the "consumer".
I expect to be using intents for the "consumer" to launch the "producer", but I have no experience on that nor about using intents for "streaming" data between apps.
Since the topic seems to be very OS-specific, I think there will be 2 different implementation for Android and iOS.
I don't know if local TCP connections can be established between 2 apps: that could be a cross-platform solution, if feasible.
The "producer" should act like a server, listening and answering to the "consumer" requests.
Does anyone have any experience on the topic?
Scenario:
- 2 different apps, a "producer" and a "consumer".
- the "producer" generates real-time data that should be passed to the "consumer".
- both apps runs concurrently on the same phone: the "producer" is a foreground service, the "consumer" displays the UI.
- both apps have an Android and an iOS version, but no cross-platform communication is required: the Android "producer" talks to the Android "consumer" on the same phone, while the iOS "producer" talks to the iOS "consumer" on the same phone.
only the "producer" is a B4X app, the "consumer" is based on a different framework, so merging both apps into a single one is not feasible, but both can be modified at will.
I'm currently evaluating options for bidirectional communication between the "producer" and the "consumer".
I expect to be using intents for the "consumer" to launch the "producer", but I have no experience on that nor about using intents for "streaming" data between apps.
Since the topic seems to be very OS-specific, I think there will be 2 different implementation for Android and iOS.
I don't know if local TCP connections can be established between 2 apps: that could be a cross-platform solution, if feasible.
The "producer" should act like a server, listening and answering to the "consumer" requests.
Does anyone have any experience on the topic?
