kuguobing / wifidirect

Decentralized Social Networking using WiFi Direct

WiFriends - ReadMe

Project: CN-Lab PS TU Darmstadt (WiSe-2014/15)

####Tutor: Leonhard Nobach, M.Sc.

Members:

Hariharan Gandhi (2546148), Harini Gunabalan (2246600)

Decentralized Social Networking App using WiFi Direct (An Android App which helps in Socializing with Trusted Friends in Proximity using D2D Communication)

Key features:

• Decentralized and without Internet - using Wi-Fi P2p API of Android
• Exchanges only with Trusted Friends - using NFC and local PINs to securely Add Friends to Trust Zone
• Collected profiles are stored Locally on user's devices - using SQLite DataHandlers and JSON objects
• User can later browse friends Profile - using Profile View UIs
• Automatic Content Exchange whenever friends are in Proximity via any D2D Communication Technique(WifiP2P) Network Service Discovery
• The app should be Secure - Only friends can exchange Contents - using Encrypted exchange of Profile data AES-256
• UI - As Less Interactions as possible - Implementing as foreground Service
• UI – Appealing to view profiles

This application was developed on Android Studio and the source code can reached here: https://github.com/Hariharan-Gandhi/WifiDirect/tree/master/app/src/main/java/tud/cnlab/wifriends