Added in API level 26

android.net.wifi.aware

Provides classes which allow applications to use Wi-Fi Aware to discover peers and create connections to them.

Using the Wi-Fi Aware APIs, applications can advertise services, discover peers which are advertising services, and connect to them. Wi-Fi Aware is independent of Wi-Fi infrastructure (i.e. a device may or may not be associated with an AP concurrent to using Wi-Fi Aware).

The primary entry point to Wi-Fi Aware capabilities is the WifiAwareManager class, which is acquired by calling Context.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_AWARE_SERVICE)

Some APIs may require the following user permissions:

Note: Not all Android-powered devices support Wi-Fi Aware functionality. If your application only works with Wi-Fi Aware (i.e. it should only be installed on devices which support Wi-Fi Aware), declare so with a <uses-feature> element in the manifest file:

 <manifest ...>
     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.wifi.aware" />
     ...
 </manifest>

Alternatively, if you application does not require Wi-Fi Aware but can take advantage of it if available, you can perform the check at run-time in your code using hasSystemFeature(String) with FEATURE_WIFI_AWARE:

     getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_WIFI_AWARE)

Classes

AttachCallback Base class for Aware attach callbacks. 
AwarePairingConfig The config for the Aware Pairing. 
AwarePairingConfig.Builder Builder used to build AwarePairingConfig objects. 
AwareResources The resources of the Aware service. 
Characteristics The characteristics of the Wi-Fi Aware implementation. 
DiscoverySession A class representing a single publish or subscribe Aware session. 
DiscoverySessionCallback Base class for Aware session events callbacks. 
IdentityChangedListener Base class for Aware identity/cluster changes callbacks. 
ParcelablePeerHandle A Parcelable PeerHandle. 
PeerHandle Opaque object used to represent a Wi-Fi Aware peer. 
PublishConfig Defines the configuration of an Aware publish session. 
PublishConfig.Builder Builder used to build PublishConfig objects. 
PublishDiscoverySession A class representing a Aware publish session. 
ServiceDiscoveryInfo An object providing information about a Wi-Fi Aware discovery session with a specific peer. 
SubscribeConfig Defines the configuration of an Aware subscribe session. 
SubscribeConfig.Builder Builder used to build SubscribeConfig objects. 
SubscribeDiscoverySession A class representing a Aware subscribe session. 
WifiAwareChannelInfo Wi-Fi Aware data-path channel information. 
WifiAwareDataPathSecurityConfig Wi-Fi Aware data-path security config. 
WifiAwareDataPathSecurityConfig.Builder A builder class for a Wi-Fi Aware data-path security config to encrypt an Aware connection. 
WifiAwareManager This class provides the primary API for managing Wi-Fi Aware operations: discovery and peer-to-peer data connections. 
WifiAwareNetworkInfo Wi-Fi Aware-specific network information. 
WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier Network specifier object used to request a Wi-Fi Aware network. 
WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier.Builder A builder class for a Wi-Fi Aware network specifier to set up an Aware connection with a peer. 
WifiAwareSession This class represents a Wi-Fi Aware session - an attachment to the Wi-Fi Aware service through which the app can execute discovery operations.