How can I discover zeroconf (Bonjour) services on Android? I'm having trouble with jmDNS

Question

I\'m working with a Droid / Android 2.0.1 and encountering an issue apparently many people have: I\'m unable to discover services using the one pure-Java zeroconf library I

Answer 1

Have you explicitly acquired the multicast lock so that you can receive the multicast packets?

AndroidManifest.xml:


// Networking code:
WifiManager wifi = (WifiManager)getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
MulticastLock lock = wifi.createMulticastLock("mylock");
lock.acquire();

According to that Android Issue thread it looks like 2.0.1 doesn't have the fix. Perhaps you should transition to a later release?