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Eddayy / flutter_star_prnt

Flutter plugin for star printer
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Port discovery on emulator #14

Closed viktordineout closed 3 years ago

viktordineout commented 3 years ago

Hi there. Thanks for a great contribution.

I'm trying to discover a mC-Print3 printer. It's connected directly to a router with a ethernet cable. However portDiscovery returns a empty list when using Android Emulator. My Mac is connected through wi-fi on the same router.

I'm calling the function as such: StarPrnt.portDiscovery(StarPortType.All).then(...)

Are there any restrictions regarding the emulator I should know about? Is this not perhaps possible at all?

Thanks!

Eldhose-Islet commented 3 years ago

I think a real printer doesn't work with the android emulator. But it works with an iOS simulator. This is because the android emulator has no direct access to the real network. Internet is shared using a different mechanism. You should use try in real device for printing.

It is possible (not so sure) if u are using virtual machines for testing with port sharing configuration.

viktordineout commented 3 years ago

Thank you @Eldhose-Islet for a quick reply. I think so too. It works on a real device.