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 {@link android.net.wifi.aware.WifiAwareManager} class, which is acquired by calling {@link android.content.Context#getSystemService(String) Context.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_AWARE_SERVICE)}

Some APIs may require the following user permissions:

• {@link android.Manifest.permission#ACCESS_WIFI_STATE}
• {@link android.Manifest.permission#CHANGE_WIFI_STATE}
• {@link android.Manifest.permission#ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}

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 {@code } 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 {@link android.content.pm.PackageManager#hasSystemFeature(String)} with {@link android.content.pm.PackageManager#FEATURE_WIFI_AWARE}:

    getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_WIFI_AWARE)