Removal of Hotspot Features
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Even though it is a neat feature to have when it works, QR Code and hotspot (or WiFi connection in particular) features are a headache to implement. It may be better for the user to remove those altogether given that with each Android release, it becomes harder to work with them
Also, there are privacy concerns. Location permission and other revealing parts of the Android System have to be in use for these to work which is not a great sign for the uninformed users.
I am more interested in making TrebleShot (uprotocol) widely available than giving all the attention to Android development.
WiFi Direct will likely to supersede these features.
will wifi direct be able to support all the android devices?
Whether it does or not, it will be easier to work with. Most people don't care about the effort. They want the app to just work. To make it so and not to take all the blame when it doesn't work, this is the right choice.
When QR Code doesn't work, they can blame it on us (because of the implemention).But if WiFi Direct doesn't work, we can blame the hardware.
Also, QR Code feature is taking too much time to test.
To be honest, they are many reasons to avoid working with it.
That's a pretty a good decision to make. However, I would suggest adding something like this in advanced settings or better a separate package (like extensions) that would install as an app(location permission added only to that add-on) and only provide functionality (as currently implemented).
Also, that is just a suggestion. If that requires some work, then can be left for future implementation.
If you suggest, I will make an issue for that(support for extension).
Even though it is a neat feature to have when it works, QR Code and hotspot (or WiFi connection in particular) features are a headache to implement. It may be better for the user to remove those altogether given that with each Android release, it becomes harder to work with them
Also, there are privacy concerns. Location permission and other revealing parts of the Android System have to be in use for these to work which is not a great sign for the uninformed users.
I am more interested in making TrebleShot (uprotocol) widely available than giving all the attention to Android development.
WiFi Direct will likely to supersede these features.
How will it affect the transfer speeds? I found WiFi Direct to be very slow, maybe it was improper implementation. Nevertheless, hotspot is very fast but there are privacy issues. Data is sent thru open hotspot network. When I am transferring files from my phone to PC, I am always concerned someone might see "TS", connect to my network, enter the port number and get a copy of my files. It's that easy.
It shouldn't affect it as long as the bandwidth is spared for WiFi Direct, meaning you shouldn't be connected to a WiFi network.
It looks like the WiFi Direct feature will need ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission which will require the user to enable full location permission in order for this to work.
For reference:
https://developer.android.com/training/connect-devices-wirelessly/wifi-direct#permissions
False alarm. We are already using fine location permission 😄