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Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)?

From Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)?
Date 2016-07-30 01:00 +0000
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On Wed, 27 Jul 2016 18:40:47 +0000 (UTC), tb wrote:

> I suppose Bluetooth would work even though I would have preferred some
> Android cross-platform app that could interact directly with AirDrop.
> I'm slowly realizing that such cross-platform app does not exist.
> 
> The Bluetooth solution is a suggestion to keep in mind.  A friend of
> mine suggested using Dropbox.

Well, the value of a cloud solution is that *both* types of devices can use
that cloud solution across the mullion that divides them otherwise, simply
because it's a standard that Apple will accept as well as Android.

Of course, the disadvantages of the cloud are immense, not the least of
which are that you almost always need logins (sometimes common logins
depending on what you're doing), and then you have the security hassle and
then you might have to rent your data back from the cloud supplier for the
rest of your life, not to mention speeds aren't that great and if there's
no Internet connection, then speeds are interminable, etc.

The beauty of bluetooth file transfer is that almost all decent laptops and
desktops support it on all three common operating systems. Android supports
it.

It's just the IDevices which don't support the common standard, and for
that, you're already using AirDrop (which I know nothing about so I'm just
advising you on the Android devices).

There's also the possibility of WiFi transfer the way, which works fine in
some cases but which is more limited than is bluetooth in how it works
because most of the apps require a web page for the transfer. If you want
to know more about WiFi transfer, just ask as I use that for both iDevices
and aDevices (but I vastly prefer the utter simplicity of bluetooth).

In addition, you *can* transfer files by USB cable, which is trivial to do
with aDevices, and problematic with iDevices (so again, the Apple
walled-garden is filled with thorny bushes - but it *can* be done, e.g., I
transfer videos over cable to/from iDevices to/from Linux all the time).

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App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "tb" <nospam@example.invalid> - 2016-07-26 20:23 +0000
  Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-26 16:39 -0400
  Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-27 16:14 +0000
    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "tb" <nospam@example.invalid> - 2016-07-27 18:40 +0000
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-27 14:50 -0400
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "tb" <nospam@example.invalid> - 2016-07-27 19:41 +0000
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-27 15:43 -0400
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "tb" <nospam@example.invalid> - 2016-07-27 20:06 +0000
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-28 12:52 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-30 01:00 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 21:22 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-30 15:59 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-30 12:28 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 03:12 +0000
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-27 22:32 +0200
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-07-27 17:16 -0500
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-29 04:07 +0000
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 00:35 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-29 05:08 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 13:02 -0400
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-29 04:07 +0000
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 00:35 -0400
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-29 05:08 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 13:02 -0400
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-30 01:00 +0000
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 21:22 -0400
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-30 16:19 +0000
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-30 12:28 -0400
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-30 13:21 -0400
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 03:12 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-30 23:50 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 20:27 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-31 21:52 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-01 05:55 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-01 02:11 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-01 21:59 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-01 18:47 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-08-05 08:31 -0600
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-08-06 04:04 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-08-06 13:58 +0100
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-08-06 08:59 -0600
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-08-07 02:07 -0500
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-07 03:57 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-08-06 14:08 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-08-06 09:10 -0600
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-06 12:01 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Nigel Wade <nmw@local.domain> - 2016-08-08 15:51 +0100
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-08-05 08:28 -0600
    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-28 05:02 -0400
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-28 19:48 +0200
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-28 19:18 +0000
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-28 15:26 -0400
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-28 20:02 +0000
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-29 03:31 -0400
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-30 17:50 +0000
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-07-30 12:49 -0700
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-30 20:18 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-30 23:19 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-31 19:22 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-31 22:02 -0400
  Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-27 21:10 +0200
  Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 00:45 +0000
    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-31 22:21 +0200

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