From 49f3babd9ff154f85e8e92871fee4db07781bc9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2024 20:40:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add WarpShare (Airdrop implem for Android) to the readme --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5d1c4b9..27112e0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -81,4 +81,4 @@ Because I don't want to pay Apple $99 a year for the privilege of developing mac #### Why not the other way around, i.e. AirDrop on Android? -While I am an Android developer, and I have looked into this, this is nigh-impossible. AirDrop uses [AWDL](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19587701/what-is-awdl-apple-wireless-direct-link-and-how-does-it-work), Apple's own proprietary take on peer-to-peer Wi-Fi. This works on top of 802.11 itself, the low-level Wi-Fi protocol, and thus can not be implemented without messing around with the Wi-Fi adapter drivers and raw packets and all that. It might be possible on Android, but it would at the very least require root and possibly a custom kernel. There is [an open-source implementation of AWDL and AirDrop for Linux](https://owlink.org/code/). +There is already an implementation of AirDrop on Android: [WarpShare](https://github.com/gaganmalvi/WarpShare). Your mileage may vary as it doesn't get frequent updates. There is also [an open-source implementation of AWDL and AirDrop for Linux](https://owlink.org/code/).