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Reputation: 6187

Searching nearby LifX Bulbs in Xamarin

I am working on a project to integrate light bulb controls using LifX. I tested out on the official Lifx app, it can scan on nearby lightbulbs that hasn't been added on its signed on account before. I would like to do the same. The most promising library I came across (besides tons of others that I tried) is LibxNet, its fairly easy to use and is somewhat the most popular one. 

    client = await LifxNet.LifxClient.CreateAsync();
    client.DeviceDiscovered += Client_DeviceDiscovered;
    client.DeviceLost += Client_DeviceLost;
    client.StartDeviceDiscovery();

...

    private async void Client_DeviceDiscovered(object sender, LifxNet.LifxClient.DeviceDiscoveryEventArgs e)
    {
        var bulb = e.Device as LifxNet.LightBulb;
        await client.SetDevicePowerStateAsync(bulb, true); //Turn bulb on
        await client.SetColorAsync(bulb, Colors.Red, 2700); //Set color to Red and 2700K Temperature            
    }

Unfortunately, best of my integration, I cannot get it to work for Xamarin Forms using the implementation of this nuget library.

I already added necessary permissions which is the same as the official LifX app.

<uses-permission 
        android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

    <uses-permission 
        android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>

    <uses-permission 
        android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE"/>

    <uses-permission 
        android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>

    <uses-permission 
        android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE"/>

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

The official documentation doesn't really give much as it only says UDP stuffs which I am not even familiar with. Please help me out. Thank you.

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