Networking.Maui.Android 1.0.1

Networking.Maui.Android

Networking.Maui.Android is a .NET MAUI library that provides useful Netwokring tools to use for Android in your application. This library is build in base of another Java library (AndroidNetworkTools link to repo) in order to simplify Networking in .NET MAUI. feel free to fork and add your features to the project by creating pull request on it.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Getting Started
• Installation
• Usage and examples
• Contribution
• License

Features

• Easy access to Networking of Andoird
• Simple API for fast usage.
• Java native code behind

• Port Scanning
• Subnet Device Finder (discovers devices on local network)
• Ping
• Wake-On-Lan

Getting Started

• Install Nuget package OR
• You can install the library via NuGet:

.NET CLI

dotnet add package Maui.Networking.Android

Package Manager Console

NuGet\Install-Package Maui.Networking.Android

Prerequisites

• .NET SDK (version 8.0.0 or later)
• .NET MAUI
• Permission in MAUI app manifest xml file

 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

Usage and examples

• Device Search

var foundDevices = await SubnetScanner.Instance.FindDevicesAsync();
var foundDevices = await SubnetScanner.Instance.FindDeviceByIpAsync(ip);

• Ping

//sync
var result = await Pinger.Instance.Ping(ipText.Text, pingCount: 2);
//async
var result = await Pinger.Instance.PingAsync(ipText.Text, pingCount: 2);

• Port Scan

//sync
 var foundPorts = await PortScanner.Instance.Scan(ip, [10, 20, 80, 90], 1000, Enums.TransportType.Tcp);
//async
 var foundPorts = await PortScanner.Instance.ScanAsync(ip, [10, 20, 80, 90], 1000, Enums.TransportType.Tcp);

• Utility methods

//methods inside NetworkUtils class
NetworkUtils.GetMacAddressFromIp(ip);
NetworkUtils.GetIpAddressFromMac(mac);
NetworkUtils.GetMacAddressBytes(mac);
NetworkUtils.IsValidMacAddress(mac);
NetworkUtils.IsIPv6Address(ip);
NetworkUtils.IsIPv4Address(ip)
NetworkUtils.IsIPv6HexCompressedAddress(ip);
NetworkUtils.IsIpAddressLocalNetwork(ip);
NetworkUtils.IsIPv6StdAddress(ip);
NetworkUtils.GetLocalIpv4Address();
NetworkUtils.IsIpAddressLocalhost(ip);

For more additional examples and info you can install Demo Application in repository of project.

Contribution

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch

git checkout -b new-feature

3. Commit your changes

git commit -am 'feature to approve'

4. Push to the branch

git push origin my-new-feature

5. Create new Pull Request