Wi-Fi Aware: During the process of establishing a NAN data path between Android and Apple, why doesn’t Apple respond to the NDP response?

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Our goal is to establish a Wi‑Fi Aware data path (NDP) between Apple and Android devices.

Apple will act as the Publisher, and Android will act as the Subscriber.

Apple-to-Android pairing has already been completed.

The Android device can be normally displayed on the Apple official Wi-Fi Aware Sample. However, the indicator is not green.

During pairing, the Apple log shows: state: authenticated, and the Android side triggers the callback onPairingSetupSucceeded.

During pairing verification, the Apple log shows: state: authenticated, and the Android side triggers the callback onPairingVerificationSucceed.

The Android side sends an NDP request to Apple (as shown in the figure 1), but Apple does not reply.

Note: Qualcomm’s NDI and NMI are different.

In addition, after Apple-to-Apple pairing is completed, the paired device will be recorded in “Settings → Privacy & Security → Paired Devices”.

However, after Android-to-Apple pairing is completed, the device is not saved to this list.

My iPhone model: iPhone 13, iOS 26.0 (23A5287g).

Answered by DTS Engineer in 854018022

You’ve started three different threads about essentially the same issue, that is, Wi-Fi Aware interoperability between Android and Apple devices. I recommend that you focus your efforts on your first thread.

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You’ve started three different threads about essentially the same issue, that is, Wi-Fi Aware interoperability between Android and Apple devices. I recommend that you focus your efforts on your first thread.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

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