Friday, October 16, 2015

Scan Reachable IP to discover devices in network


This example, scan a range of IPs, to check if it is reachable, in turn to discover connected devices in the same network.


MainActivity.java
package com.blogspot.android_er.androidipscanner;

import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private Button btnScan;
    private ListView listViewIp;

    ArrayList<String> ipList;
    ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        btnScan = (Button)findViewById(R.id.scan);
        listViewIp = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.listviewip);


        ipList = new ArrayList();
        adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
                android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, android.R.id.text1, ipList);
        listViewIp.setAdapter(adapter);

        btnScan.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                new ScanIpTask().execute();
            }
        });

    }

    private class ScanIpTask extends AsyncTask<Void, String, Void>{

        /*
        Scan IP 192.168.1.100~192.168.1.110
        you should try different timeout for your network/devices
         */
        static final String subnet = "192.168.1.";
        static final int lower = 100;
        static final int upper = 110;
        static final int timeout = 5000;

        @Override
        protected void onPreExecute() {
            ipList.clear();
            adapter.notifyDataSetInvalidated();
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Scan IP...", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }

        @Override
        protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {

            for (int i = lower; i <= upper; i++) {
                String host = subnet + i;

                try {
                    InetAddress inetAddress = InetAddress.getByName(host);
                    if (inetAddress.isReachable(timeout)){
                        publishProgress(inetAddress.toString());
                    }

                } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }

            return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onProgressUpdate(String... values) {
            ipList.add(values[0]);
            adapter.notifyDataSetInvalidated();
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, values[0], Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(Void aVoid) {
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Done", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }

}


layout/activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="16dp"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/scan"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Scan"/>
    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listviewip"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>


Permission of "android.permission.INTERNET" is needed in AndroidManifest.xml
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>



Related:
- Java version run on Raspberry Pi - scan connected IP in the same network

4 comments:

  1. This is quite useful. Could you please help me to get mac address also of devices.

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  2. hey guys,
    im working on application similar to this but i want to add checkbox appear beside the ip addresses, such that when this checkbox just mark the device of this ip address well have no internet or network connection which you can mark more than one checkbox.

    please can you help me for these two steps i need to finish my project ?
    thanks at all

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  3. Configure the router settings using default ip address to 192.168.l.254 login

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  4. It can not detect the laptop's IP... How can I get the laptop's IP also?

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