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Wadia
Wadia

Reputation: 36

get IP address but in xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx format in Android

Hi guys I've gone through a lot of coding on line to get my android mobiles IP address Most of them are ending with

if (!inetAddress.isLoopbackAddress())
                { return inetAddress.getHostAddress().toString();     }

How ever i get something that looks like this:- "fe80::a00:27ff:fe37:28b5%eth1" Weird cause I was expecting something like xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Can some one help me understand whats this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7080

Answers (3)

MysticMagicϡ
MysticMagicϡ

Reputation: 28823

Its returning IPV6 address.

Check if its IPV4 address before returning result.

if (!inetAddress.isLoopbackAddress() && inetAddress instanceof Inet4Address) {
    return inetAddress.getHostAddress().toString(); 
}

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 1

MeetTitan
MeetTitan

Reputation: 3568

Try java.net.Inet4Address instead.

Upvotes: 1

mpontillo
mpontillo

Reputation: 13967

That is an IPv6 address. Additionally, since it starts with fe80:: you know it's also a link-local IPv6 address, so cannot be used for communication beyond the local network. (in this case, eth1, since that is the scope specified at the end after the % - but note that using a % to identify the scope isn't always valid when using an IPv6 address.)

Upvotes: 2

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