Why is discovering peers for Android Wi-Fi Direct so unreliable?

Question

I am experimenting with Android\'s Wi-Fi Direct (or P2P if you prefer). I thought it was working very nicely between my two phones, but I realized I am encountering issues w

Answer 1

From my experience it's reliable. After tons of trying, I got the robust workable flow like this:

...
wifiP2pManager.clearLocalServices(wifiP2pChannel, new WifiP2pManager.ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void onSuccess() {
                HashMap record = new HashMap<>();
                record.put("name", "Amos");
                WifiP2pDnsSdServiceInfo serviceInfo = WifiP2pDnsSdServiceInfo.newInstance(AppConfig.DNS_SD_SERVICE_NAME, AppConfig.DNS_SD_SERVICE_TYPE, record);
                wifiP2pManager.addLocalService(wifiP2pChannel, serviceInfo, new WifiP2pManager.ActionListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onSuccess() {
                        wifiP2pManager.setDnsSdResponseListeners(wifiP2pChannel, WifiDirectFragment.this, WifiDirectFragment.this);
                        wifiP2pManager.clearServiceRequests(wifiP2pChannel, new WifiP2pManager.ActionListener() {
                            @Override
                            public void onSuccess() {
                                wifiP2pManager.addServiceRequest(wifiP2pChannel, WifiP2pDnsSdServiceRequest.newInstance(), new WifiP2pManager.ActionListener() {
                                    @Override
                                    public void onSuccess() {
                                        wifiP2pManager.discoverPeers(wifiP2pChannel, new WifiP2pManager.ActionListener() {
                                            @Override
                                            public void onSuccess() {
                                                wifiP2pManager.discoverServices(wifiP2pChannel, new WifiP2pManager.ActionListener() {
                                                    @Override
                                                    public void onSuccess() {
                                                        // this is my recursive discovery approach                                                            
                                                        handler.postDelayed(discoveryRunnable, AppConfig.DNS_SD_SERVICE_DISCOVERABLE_DURATION_S * 1000);
                                                    }

                                                    @Override
                                                    public void onFailure(int code) {
                                                    }
                                                });
                                            }

                                            @Override
                                            public void onFailure(int code) {
                                            }
                                        });
                                    }

                                    @Override
                                    public void onFailure(int code) {
                                    }
                                });
                            }

                            @Override
                            public void onFailure(int code) {
                            }
                        });
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onFailure(int code) {
                    }
                });
            }

            @Override
            public void onFailure(int code) {
            }
        });