Is there a way to create a SOCKS-5 proxy server on an unrooted android device? Why does it require root? Can I make my own android application that will create a server on my device and use this server as proxy on my compluter, all this without rooting the device?
UPDATE: I came to using this library to try to create a proxy server. I downloaded all files, but added only main .jar file to the project dependencies in AndroidStudio. There I am trying to start the server from a runnable in a service. Here is the service code:
public class ProxyService extends Service
{
private static boolean running = false;
#Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
ServerAuthenticatorNone auth = new ServerAuthenticatorNone();
ProxyServer server = new ProxyServer(auth);
Run(server); //runnable is needed because if I start service from
//this thread it throws a network on main thread exception
return START_STICKY;
}
private void Run(ProxyServer server) {
if (running)
return;
final ProxyServer serverFinal = server;
running = true;
new Thread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
while (true) {
Log.i("DEBUG", "tick " + running);
serverFinal.start(1080);
Log.i("DEBUG", "proxyServer started at port 1080");
running = true;
try {
TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(5);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
running = false;
}
}
}
}).start();
}
#Nullable
#Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return null;
}
}
When I run this code on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 unrooted device, I get the following logs:
07-26 16:48:18.097: I/DEBUG(19766): tick true
07-26 16:48:18.099: I/XiaomiFirewall(1211): firewall pkgName:com.socks.server, result:0
And when I check proxy using this website I get nothing.
I think I should have configured the server somehow, but it is done using external .properties file that is outside of the .jar and I do not know how to link them in an AndroidStudio project.
I also suspect that even these actions require superuser(root) to prevent Xiaomi firewall from refusing me in starting the server.
Any advice?
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I have trouble with connecting to a local web interface (192.168.10.13:3671) that are connected to my KNX network from the emulator/phone in Android Studio.
I've tried to connect to the same web interface with a already developed app called KNXwizard and that works, but I see in the code that that app uses AsyncTask.
Always getting this error: Error creating KNXnet/IP tunneling link: tuwien.auto.calimero.KNXException: connecting from /192.168.163.198:3671 to /192.168.10.13:3671: socket failed: EPERM (Operation not permitted)
I've checked this posts
Socket failed 1
Socket failed 2
Tried everything there, added permissions to my AndroidManifest.xml, uninstalled, used physical phone etc. But nothing works.
It could be my code, I've tried searching for an alternative method for AsyncTask. So it could be that the code is written wrong. Hope someone could help me out.
MainActivity:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private static InetSocketAddress local = new InetSocketAddress("192.168.163.198", 3671);
private static InetSocketAddress server = new InetSocketAddress("192.168.10.13",
KNXnetIPConnection.DEFAULT_PORT);
Button btn;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
btn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button);
ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
executorService.execute(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
//doInBackground
System.out.println("This example establishes a tunneling connection to the KNXnet/IP server " + server);
// A KNX tunneling link supports NAT (Network Address Translation) if required.
// We also indicate that the KNX installation uses twisted-pair (TP) medium, with TP1 being the most common.
// KNXNetworkLink is the base interface implemented by all supported Calimero links to a KNX network.
try (KNXNetworkLink knxLink = KNXNetworkLinkIP.newTunnelingLink(local, server, false, TPSettings.TP1)) {
System.out.println("Connection established to server " + knxLink.getName());
System.out.println("Close connection again");
} catch (KNXException | InterruptedException e) {
// KNXException: all Calimero-specific checked exceptions are subtypes of KNXException
// InterruptedException: longer tasks that might block are interruptible, e.g., connection procedures. In
// such case, an instance of InterruptedException is thrown.
// If a task got interrupted, Calimero will clean up its internal state and resources accordingly.
// Any deviation of such behavior, e.g., where not feasible, is documented in the Calimero API.
System.out.println("Error creating KNXnet/IP tunneling link: " + e);
}
}
});
}
});
}
I figured it out.
It was a stupid mistake with the IP address, should have seen that before. I just change the IP address to that I have on the phone I was connected to (192.168.10.15).
I want to know, does any way exist to communicate with system during instrumentation test execution.
For example:
I have a phone with IR port on onboard & I can work with it through private SDK, also I can tune it with my application. In my Instrumentation test cases I want test app behavior based on external events which I want to configure before test separate test execution.
It's looks like
#Test
public void test() throws Exception {
setupExternalCondition(condition1_ON); // setup external transiver
assertNotNull(IR.read());
assertTrue(assertIR.write());
setupExternalCondition(condition1_OFF);
assertNotNull(IR.read());
assertFalse(IR.write());
}
It's very simple example but there is a lot of "conditions", and sdk updating frequencies to high. I can't do all of this verification manually, and can't ask "transiver&SDK team" make a mock states list for writing just a unit test for coverage. So I want somehow inject external component execution to TestRuner for receiving events(or testName before test case execution) on local machine(or CI machine) to setup external condition.
Simple solution(I think) to run a tcp server on appUnderTest and request external condition change - I am not sure does it possible, and not sure about stable connection(wifi), so may be it's possible to do over adb.
Any suggestions?
P.S: test device has root permissions.
So, find not bad but not ideal solution.
Still wait for better proposition, if not may be this answer will be helpful for someone;
For "building the bridge" between local machine and AndroidJUnitTest I add next class to tests:
class IPCServiceBridge extends BroadcastReceiver {
private static final String FILTER_ID = "IPC_SERVICE";
private static IPCServiceBridge sInstance;
private boolean mIsPermitted;
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if (intent.getAction().equals("ipc.service.action")) {
mIsPermitted = true;
}
}
public static IPCServiceBridge getInstance() {
if (sInstance == null) {
sInstance = new IPCServiceBridge();
IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter();
filter.addAction("ipc.service.action");
Context context = InstrumentationRegistry.getContext();
context.registerReceiver(sInstance, filter);
}
return sInstance;
}
public void sendIpcCommand(String commandName) {
try {
int i = 30;
mIsPermitted = false;
while (i > 0) {
pub("request:" + commandName);
Thread.sleep(1000);
if (mIsPermitted) {
break;
}
i--;
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
if (!mIsPermitted) {
throw new RuntimeException("IPC service does not respond");
}
}
private static void pub(String msg) {
Log.e(FILTER_ID, msg);
}
}
Than I start adb logcat -s "filter_name", parse and check which condition should be applied for InsttUnit test. When conditions is ready i send back broadcast receiver with required action.
#Test
public void test2() throws Exception {
IPCServiceBridge.getInstance().sendIpcCommand("CONDITION#123");
}
Work good, but I'm not sure that it will be super stable.
I am developing an Android Application that connects to a BLE Device and reads the Gatt Services and Gatt Characteristics. I used the BluetoothLeGatt sample project from the Android Development Site as my reference.
So far, I am able to programmatically connect to a device (I took note of my Device's Address to be able to do this) and filter out the specific Gatt Service I want to read and that Services' specific Characteristics by taking note of the UUID of both the Service and the Characteristics. The sample provided by Google also updates whenever there's a message sent from my BLE Device to my Android Application. Overall, I have no problems at this end.
However, upon reading up further on GATT, I found that it is possible to connect to multiple BLE devices (all slaves OR servers - being the ones that send the data) using a single Android Application (as master OR client - as the one who receives said data). So what I tried to do was to have 2 BLE Devices (different Address), took note of their Address, and then my application tries to connect to them once the application sees that those 2 addresses are up and running.
In code, I call this function when I see my 2 BLE Devices:
private void connectToDevice(){
mDeviceName = deviceList.get(currentIndex).getName();
mDeviceAddress = deviceList.get(currentIndex).getAddress();
Log.e(TAG, "connecting to device name = " + mDeviceName);
mBluetoothLeService.connect(mDeviceAddress);
}
Where currentIndex is initially set to zero. Then once I get a successful connection, I do:
private final BroadcastReceiver mGattUpdateReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
final String action = intent.getAction();
if (BluetoothLeService.ACTION_GATT_CONNECTED.equals(action)) {
Log.e(TAG, "connected");
mConnected = true;
if(currentIndex < deviceList.size()-1) currentIndex ++;
connectToDevice();
}
}
};
Where I check if I still have devices to connect to in my deviceList, if so, increment my counter and then connect until I exhaust everything in my list.
However, I seem to have no success at all using this method.
Kindly note that switching connection (round robin) between my devices isn't an option. This will be an issue when I have a lot of devices and it's important to get their messages real time without delays. This said, I have to have a live connection to my devices.
Has anyone tried to connect to multiple BLE Devices in Android? I'm not sure on how to proceed on this.
Indeed it is possible to connect to more than one peripheral from your Android device. However, it will make your code much more complex since you will need to manage each connection and responses.
For each connection you would have to implement a BluetoothGatt with it's callbacks. I tested it many months ago with a dummy test and as I said, it worked well and I was able to connect to different peripherals. However, if you chain many commands there seem to be some overlapping issues described in this thread.
As asked here is the relevant code : (Here the ArrayList contains the founded peripheral devices)
for(int i=0;i< Utility.selectedDeviceList.size();i++) {
Log.d(Utility.TAG,"state"+ Utility.selectedDeviceList.get(i).getmConnectionState());
if (Utility.selectedDeviceList.get(i).getmConnectionState() != Utility.CONNECTED) {
Log.d(Utility.TAG,"Connecting LeSerive::" + Utility.selectedDeviceList.get(i).getAddress());
Utility.mBluetoothLeService.connect(i, Utility.selectedDeviceList.get(i).getAddress());
}
}
This for loop is a part of runnable interface which is called inside a handler having a looper.
public void run() {
Looper.prepare();
Looper mLooper = Looper.myLooper();
Log.d(Utility.TAG,"BLE Thread Started::");
mHandler = new Handler(mLooper) {
#Override
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
switch (msg.what) {
case Utility.BLE_SYNC:
Log.d(Utility.TAG,"BLE Sync Connecting::");
mHandler.post(SynState);
break;
}
};
Looper.loop();
}
I used this approach because their is lot of communication between peripherals to send and receive the data from them.
This is the connect method which inside a Service :
public boolean connect(int tag,final String address) {
if (mBluetoothAdapter == null || address == null) {
Log.w(Utility.TAG, "BluetoothAdapter not initialized or unspecified address.");
return false;
}
Utility.selectedDeviceList.get(tag).setmConnectionState(Utility.CONNECTING);
if( Utility.selectedDeviceList.get(tag).getmBluetoothGatt()==null){
Log.w(Utility.TAG, "new connect :: "+ Utility.selectedDeviceList.get(tag).getAddress());
BluetoothDevice device = mBluetoothAdapter.getRemoteDevice(address);
if (device == null) {
Log.w(Utility.TAG, "Device not found. Unable to connect.");
return false;
}
try {
Utility.selectedDeviceList.get(tag).setmBluetoothGatt(device.connectGatt(this, false, mGattCallback));
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
Log.d(Utility.TAG,"ConnectGatt exception caught");
}
}
return true;
}
This is the mGattCallBack :
private final BluetoothGattCallback mGattCallback = new BluetoothGattCallback() {
#Override
public void onConnectionStateChange(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status, int newState) {
}
#Override
public void onServicesDiscovered(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status) {
Log.d(Utility.TAG, "onServicesDiscovered");
}
#Override
public void onCharacteristicRead(BluetoothGatt gatt,BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic,int status) {
}
#Override
public void onCharacteristicWrite(BluetoothGatt gatt,
BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic, int status) {
super.onCharacteristicWrite(gatt, characteristic, status);
Log.d(Utility.TAG,">>onCharacteristicWrite");
}
#Override
public void onCharacteristicChanged(BluetoothGatt gatt,BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic) {
}
};
Hope it clears few things for you
It is possible to connect to multiple devices at a time. in my experience it works pretty stable and the number of devices you can connect to (stable) depends on your hardware. I found out that best practise (for me) was to create one separate service for the scanning stuff and one service for each Bluetoothconnection. it's important not to use bound services because the termination of a connection is not stible when binding to it.
With this pattern you can control your connection easily. To transport data out of your service you can use a broadcastreceiver, for example if you want to display the data in your main activity. Termination of the connection is pretty important so stop the service and in onDestroy call
mConnectedGatt.disconnect();
ble_device=null;
For the Scanning part I've used a List of Strings where I saved all the mac Adresses I want to find. When i found one device I deleted it from the list and if the list is empty it stopped the scanner service. To transmit my found device I used a broadcastreceiver and sent it to my main Activity. There I transmitted it to the right service.
Hope this helps
I am trying to get JmDNS to work in my android program. I am able to get it to discover the devices I want, but I do not fully understand how to get the information from JmDNS to the object that started the JmDNS task. Here is my code.
protected void browse() {
try {
jmdns = (JmDNSImpl) JmDNS.create();
jmdns.addServiceListener(type, listener = new ServiceListener() {
public void serviceResolved(ServiceEvent ev) {
}
public void serviceRemoved(ServiceEvent ev) {
}
public void serviceAdded(ServiceEvent event) {
DNSEntry addressEntry = jmdns.getCache().getDNSEntry(name, DNSRecordType.TYPE_A, DNSRecordClass.CLASS_ANY);
if (addressEntry instanceof DNSRecord) {
ServiceInfo cachedAddressInfo = ((DNSRecord) addressEntry).getServiceInfo(true);
if (cachedAddressInfo != null) {
for (Inet4Address address : cachedAddressInfo.getInet4Addresses()) {
//I need to get the address that is here back out of this listener to the main thread
}
}
}
}
});
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
The problem I am running into is that I have a service manager object that has a instance of a browser object that has the browse method in it. I am unable to get the service manager object access to the address variable. Because JmDNS spawns its own thread when it is created to run its tasks I have tried to use a handler and runnable to send messages with the variable in it but I cant seem to get it right. Can anyone help?
I think you want to just use the ServiceEvent event object passed into the service added method. It has all the info you need.
See this example from our open source application
http://code.google.com/p/tunesremote-plus/source/browse/trunk/src/org/tunesremote/LibraryActivity.java
Is there a tooling or maybe a log, where I can see what caused my application running on a android mobile phone, to hung or eventually crash?
I have programmed a signed application that is a runnable, it checks for messages on my server and send sms messages to a receiver, and after two or maybe 3 days, the application hungs or crashes.
How can I see what caused the crash?
Regards.
Shafqat
private void startservice() {
r = new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
//execute the sms class and get the url
//build the url
SendSMS sms = null;
//TODO get the url from a database
Map<String, String> jsonitems = new JSONParser().parse(urlsmsservice+getDeviceId());
if(!jsonitems.isEmpty()){
sms = new SendSMS(context, jsonitems.get("PHONENUMBER").toString(), jsonitems.get("MESSAGE").toString());
sentReceiver.setCallbackUrl(jsonitems.get("CALLBACKURL").toString());
deliveredReceiver.setCallbackUrl(jsonitems.get("CALLBACKURL").toString());
sms.send();
}else{
Log.d(TAG, "No messages in Queue");
}
//handler.postDelayed(this, getInterval());
}
};
handler = new Handler();
thread = new Thread()
{
#Override
public void run() {
try {
while(thbool) {
sleep(getInterval());
handler.post(r);
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
thread.start();
}
Make sure ADB tools are installed (they will be with the SDK). Then run adb logcat, which will show the system log output (useful is an exception is thrown). There are also free market applications which will show you the logcat buffer (aLogCat comes to mind).