File sharing between Android phone and a PC

Question

I am new to the Android SDK. Is there a way to share files from my Android app, so that it can be accessed by another computer using WiFi? Is there support for something like SMB? (Android version on phone is 1.6) Thanks.

Answer 1

There is an android SMB library available here: http://code.google.com/p/sambaexplorer/

There are also some existing android SMB products out there like Pander-sync: http://www.pader-sync.com/mobile-smb-client.html

Answer 2

Another option is to look into the JCIFS library. SMB (or CIFS) could be made possible this way. Although, I would suggest you look into some other mechanism for talking between your Android device and another computer. Simple file browsing is one thing, but actual communication back and forth is a little more complicated. You might want a daemon or systray app on the computer side.

Additionally, there could be some concerns related to security with SMB/CIFS. You might have issues with the permissions on the computer, complexity of the configuration for the end-user on the Android side, or both. Just a thought!