Flying Carpet | Cross-platform AirDrop between Android/iOS/Linux/macOS/Windows via ad hoc WiFi

https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.spiegl.flyingcarpet/

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18 Comments

rollingflower@lemmy.kde.social · 16 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Pretty cool, the advantage over LocalSend is likely, that no Wifi network is needed.

(With localsend this can be circumvented by creating a hotspot on one device and using that in the other. And Localsend has a well made Flatpak)

lemmyreader@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Thanks for sharing. I didn't realize that localsend also works on iOS, but I guess the more the merrier for open source quality and choice development.

rollingflower@lemmy.kde.social · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Localsend works reliably via wifi, not sure about this ad hoc wifi, no idea how that works

WreckingBANG@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Ad Hoc is like the real AirDrop. It creates a Network between the two devices that gets disconnected afterwords. The Advantage is that you dont need wifi or to activate a hotspot.

rollingflower@lemmy.kde.social · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I never heard of that, is this a thing present on AOSP and Linux?

Revan343@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y

Ad-hoc wifi networks are old, they just aren't usually used for much

penquin@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y (8 replies)

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lemmyreader@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Did you refresh ? The app just landed on F-Droid, I got it from here https://fossdroid.com/ with its home page : https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.spiegl.flyingcarpet/

penquin@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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noodlejetski@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

it opens the F-droid listing just fine here.

penquin@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

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elbowgrease@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Can KDE support air drop between iOS and Android devices?

noodlejetski@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

I don't know about Android to iOS or vice versa, but it definitely works between two Android devices.

penquin@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

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helenslunch@feddit.nl · 0 pts · 2y

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xnx@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 2y

This seems great, i use localsend but if this adds the option to send from the share sheet I’ll switch over. I just wish the name and domain weren’t so bad and long

beSyl@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

What do you guys use this for?

abcdqfr@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y

Besides bend over backwards to make apple "just work" with all the relatives?

elbowgrease@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

has anyone had any experience with this one? good, bad, other?

Yerbouti@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y

I couldnt get it to work between macOS and Android. It's also a bit complicated to use, you need to enter a auto generated password and ssid. Not exactly the easy solution I was hoping it to be...

NumerousGeorg@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y (4 replies)

If only this also could be compatible with the Apple AirDrop, so we Linux users can receive files from Apple devices or send files from non-Apple to Apple without having to install something on the Apple device.

helenslunch@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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NumerousGeorg@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

And the other way around is impossible too? Is it impossible for 3rd party implementations to support the closed AirDrop protocol (through some sort of "hack", I don't know)?

moonpiedumplings@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y

It's already been done: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop

There are two problems:

Apple is able to make airdop so seamless because they ensure their devices support a special feature, wifi direct: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/428700
Nothing stops apple from just changing how airdop works to break the open source version's compatibility.

helenslunch@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 2y

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