Hi i am trying to find all devices connected to My WIFI Router from android and ,i need to device Mac address and local ip address of each device (Including iOT Devices) , right now , i am trying to find from ARP cache table . but sometime in the scan some devices are missing , it is not so accurate .
My Code :
List<LocalDeviceInfo> devicesInfos = new ArrayList<>();
BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;
try {
bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("/proc/net/arp"));
String line;
while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
String[] splitted = line.split(" +");
if (splitted != null && splitted.length >= 4) {
String ip = splitted[0];
String mac = splitted[3];
if (mac.matches("..:..:..:..:..:..")) {
LocalDeviceInfo thisNode = new LocalDeviceInfo(ip, mac);
devicesInfos.add(thisNode);
}
}
}
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally{
try {
bufferedReader.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
// Print Description
for (LocalDeviceInfo devicesInfo :devicesInfos)
{
System.out.print("✅");
System.out.println("IP : "+devicesInfo.getIp());
System.out.println("Mac : "+devicesInfo.getMacAddress());
}
How can i scan all devices (IP address and Mac address) in android accurately .
I found the solution of my problem , most of devices was not in the system arp table , so you need to Ping each of device at first time , once you ping that device its will be stored in System ARP Table Which is stored at (/proc/net/arp)
Pinging All devices with ip: ( First you need to find your device's IP Address , than you can determine the subnet mask and you can start pining from (0-255)
Code:
public void startPingService(Context context)
{
List<LocalDeviceInfo> deviceInfoList = new ArrayList<LocalDeviceInfo>();
try {
WifiManager mWifiManager = (WifiManager) context.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
WifiInfo mWifiInfo = mWifiManager.getConnectionInfo();
String subnet = getSubnetAddress(mWifiManager.getDhcpInfo().gateway);
for (int i=1;i<255;i++){
String host = subnet + "." + i;
if (InetAddress.getByName(host).isReachable(timeout)){
String strMacAddress = getMacAddressFromIP(host);
Log.w("DeviceDiscovery", "Reachable Host: " + String.valueOf(host) +" and Mac : "+strMacAddress+" is reachable!");
LocalDeviceInfo localDeviceInfo = new LocalDeviceInfo(host,strMacAddress);
deviceInfoList.add(localDeviceInfo);
}
else
{
Log.e("DeviceDiscovery", "❌ Not Reachable Host: " + String.valueOf(host));
}
}
}
catch(Exception e){
//System.out.println(e);
}
}
private String getSubnetAddress(int address)
{
String ipString = String.format(
"%d.%d.%d",
(address & 0xff),
(address >> 8 & 0xff),
(address >> 16 & 0xff));
return ipString;
}
Get Mac address from ARP cache Table
public String getMacAddressFromIP(@NonNull String ipFinding)
{
Log.i("IPScanning","Scan was started!");
List<LocalDeviceInfo> antarDevicesInfos = new ArrayList<>();
BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;
try {
bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("/proc/net/arp"));
String line;
while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
String[] splitted = line.split(" +");
if (splitted != null && splitted.length >= 4) {
String ip = splitted[0];
String mac = splitted[3];
if (mac.matches("..:..:..:..:..:..")) {
if (ip.equalsIgnoreCase(ipFinding))
{
return mac;
}
}
}
}
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally{
try {
bufferedReader.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return "00:00:00:00";
}
You need these permission too:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />