[SOLVED] How to access raspberry.local in my android application?

How to access raspberry.local in my android application?

I am running Django on my raspberry-pi, and I am using avahi-daemon to access my rpi on raspberrypi.local . On my Django I have made APIs for my android application to access via HTTP protocol. For example one of my http request url is: http://raspberrypi.local/api/getUserNames/

The problem is that android is not accessing this url on my local wifi network, i have confirmed that my android device and rpi are both connected to same wifi network, but still the http://raspberrypi.local is not working on android. While it works fine on my PC & MAC.

I tried to find the solution and went through many Q&A explaining about bonjour, mDNS, jmDNS, android-multicast. But all are either too confusing to implement or doesn't work. Please help me, I'm stuck for a while.

NOTE: on my Rpi the avahi-daemon is broadcasting itself as "_workstation._tcp." service-type

My Solution:

http://www.dodgycoder.net/2015/02/setting-up-bonjourzeroconfmdnsnsd.html

Android NSD (Network Service Discovery) solved my problem. I used only Discovery Listener and Resolve Listener to solve my purpose. I specifically used SERVICE_TYPE = "_workstation._tcp."; in order to search for raspberrypi.local with avahi-daemon

Solution

Android NSD (Network Service Discovery) solved my problem. I used only Discovery Listener and Resolve Listener to solve my purpose.

NOTE- You'll have to use SERVICE_TYPE = "_workstation._tcp."; in order to search for raspberrypi.local with avahi-daemon

here's link to the solution - http://www.dodgycoder.net/2015/02/setting-up-bonjourzeroconfmdnsnsd.html