Bluetooth multiplayer

Networking & Multiplayer
#1

I’m currently trying to make a bluetooth multiplayer game, but I’m rather new to bluetooth and i don’t know how i would go with connecting to a server to client and client to serve and seding messages?, I readed: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth.html, but I don’t know how achive such task.

Note: I got referred here by a book I’m reading for android programming.

Hope you guys can help,

Thanks for reading.

#2

It’s basically the same thing as making a simple Java server and client, using ServerSocket and Socket.
Why don’t you find an example of that, and port it to Android when you’re certain of the procedure?

#3

Don’t try it all it once. I find it best to test as I write. It’s easier to fix errors this way. That way i only have to deal with one or two errors instead kf 50 at a time. First discover devices and print them to a text box. Then pair with one. Then expand your program to send a few lines of text. Now you can design some sort of message system for networking.

#4

I like the idea, but I don’t have 2 android devices to test on :/, only 1

#5

Do you have any other Bluetooth devices such as a USB dongle you can learn with? You can set up a Bluetooth serial port and use putty to send and receive text with your phone.

http://www.ehow.com/how_7242162_add-bluetooth-serial-ports.html

#6

Well I can borrow other phones to test with, but the problem is that there not android :/, is there a way to “emulate” a Bluetooth device?