I have an idea for an app that will both have a component that runs on the computer of the user and a component that runs on the phone. The idea will be that the two will communicate over wifi.
To make this secure, I want to set up a public/private key pair on the computer and the phone. In order to do this in a user-friendly way, I want to do so automatically over usb. However, in exploring how much of what I want is actually possible on android, I have been unable to find out how to have an app communicate over usb to a program on the computer. Technically, it would be similar to using the computer as a USB accessory, but I doubt it would actually be similar enough to make this work. I have also read that it might be possible using ADB port forwarding, but this doesn't really look like it would make it more user-friendly for end users. Finally, I suppose I could solve the problems by only using the file system and mounting it, storing the public key in a file on the s-card, but it's not really the ease of use that I am looking for. Is there a way of communicating between an application running on a pc and an app running on an android device that I have missed? Is there a mistake in my current understanding of the possibilities? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
