I just tried Nearby Share to send Signal's encrypted backup (1.5GB) over to my new Android phone and...
...it just worked! First time I see a peer-to-peer file transfer method that's easy to use, fast and reliable. Anyone remembers OBEX? 😝
@codewiz will it be natively supported by linux, windows though?
@codewiz also a little worried about proprietary part, NFC is alright I guess
@Dashtop To be fair, I have no idea what the underlying protocols of Nearby Sharing look like.
But since Android is open source, I assume anyone could look at the code and implement the same protocols for Linux, Windows, etc.
I guess we could start by searching the implementation of these APIs in the AOSP codebase:
https://developers.google.com/nearby/connections/overview
@codewiz the introduction is already scary xD
@codewiz nvm, it's literally bluetooth and WiFi
@codewiz hmm, seems like it's a standard for wireless standard documentation to refer as advertiser and discoverer(ble)
@codewiz
Do not remember OBEX?