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Branex
Branex

Reputation: 390

MQTT broker for Android

Does anyone know of an MQTT broker that runs on an Android smartphone? I tried to Google and found nothing, and on the app store there seems to be only one app with just 10 downloads, so I'm not sure how well it works.

Upvotes: 11

Views: 39550

Answers (5)

alperk01
alperk01

Reputation: 343

build.gradle

android{
    packagingOptions {
        resources.excludes.add("META-INF/*")
    }
}

dependencies {
implementation 'io.moquette:moquette-broker:0.17'
}

Java code

public class MqttServer {
    public static final String TAG = MqttServer.class.getSimpleName();

    public MqttServer(Context context) throws Exception {
        Server server = new Server();

        String rootFolder = getExternalStorageDirectory(context);
        String path = rootFolder + "/" + BrokerConstants.DEFAULT_MOQUETTE_STORE_H2_DB_FILENAME;

        MemoryConfig memoryConfig = new MemoryConfig(new Properties());
        memoryConfig.setProperty(BrokerConstants.PERSISTENT_STORE_PROPERTY_NAME, path);
        server.startServer(memoryConfig);
        Log.i(TAG, "[MqttServer] MQTT server started. MQQT Url= tcp://localhost:"+server.getPort());
    }

    public static String getExternalStorageDirectory(Context context) {
        return context.getExternalFilesDir("").getPath();
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

BitBumper
BitBumper

Reputation: 379

You can run the mosquitto mqtt broker within the Termux terminal.

  • Install Termux using e.g. F-Droid
  • Open/run the Termux Terminal emulator

  • Install mosquitto

    pkg install mosquitto

  • Start mosquitto within the terminal

    mosquitto

That's it. The server will listen on the default port 1883. Configuration see at mosquitto.

Upvotes: 3

anshulkatta
anshulkatta

Reputation: 2064

I have developed an App specifically for this , please download here -

It has inbuilt broker and client too..all for free , connect your devices to android phone via hotspot or wifi.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=server.com.mqtt

Upvotes: 7

Tej
Tej

Reputation: 604

Add these dependencies to the gradle 

    dependencies{
   compile 'io.moquette:moquette-netty-parser:0.8.1'
    compile 'io.moquette:moquette-broker:0.8.1'
    compile 'io.moquette:moquette-parser-commons:0.8.1'
}

And use 

io.moquette.server.Server server = new io.moquette.server.Server();
server.startServer();

to start broker server. the default URI is tcp://localhost:1883

For me server.startServer(); gave me exception as it is unable to create a file BrokerConstants.DEFAULT_MOQUETTE_STORE_MAP_DB_FILENAME. So, I changed the destination of the BrokerConstants.DEFAULT_MOQUETTE_STORE_MAP_DB_FILENAME using this code below code and it worked for me.

     try {
         MemoryConfig memoryConfig = new MemoryConfig(new Properties());
memoryConfig.setProperty(BrokerConstants.PERSISTENT_STORE_PROPERTY_NAME, Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath()+ File.separator + BrokerConstants.DEFAULT_MOQUETTE_STORE_MAP_DB_FILENAME);
    server.startServer(memoryConfig); 
        // server.startServer();//is not working due to DEFAULT_MOQUETTE_STORE_MAP_DB_FILENAME; 
        Log.d(TAG,"Server Started");
         }
         catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
         catch (Exception e){ e.printStackTrace(); }

And Use Paho libraries for android

compile 'org.eclipse.paho:org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3:1.1.0'
compile 'org.eclipse.paho:org.eclipse.paho.android.service:1.1.1'

To create a client and connect to tcp://localhost:1883 and subscribe for a topic and start publishing and receiving messages.

moquette library for android.

Upvotes: 19

Gussoh
Gussoh

Reputation: 859

Here is an MQTT broker library I have adapted to Android: https://github.com/interaktionsbyran/moquette You'll have to make your own Android app though, it is just a library.

Upvotes: 2

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