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That's a good question, actually. As far as I'm aware, it's not particularly well supported to programmatically connect to another access point, but that may ha
by bschwindHN 9y ago
That's a good question, actually. As far as I'm aware, it's not particularly well supported to programmatically connect to another access point, but that may have changed recently.
But that aside, using BLE seems like a better user experience. There's no changing of the user's currently connected access point, and it _might_ be faster, though I haven't tested.
If I can make the setup over Wifi completely transparent to the user then that would be acceptable for me. I actually don't own any ESP8266-based devices, maybe I should buy one and see how it is.
- StavrosK 9y agoI don't think the ESP8266 wifi story is different from the ESP32, but it might be. You do have to connect to another access point, yes, but if you have an Android app, the app can handle that itself. I think the iOS UX is a bit worse, though, so BLE might be worth it there. A lot of firmware for the ESP8266 has been using the access point method, and it's worked great all the times I've tried it.
- bschwindHN 9y agoYeah the Wifi story is pretty much the same between the two chips. I agree about Android, I don't think I'd have much problem configuring it there, but my first focus is on iOS. There seems to be some better support for that in iOS 11 though: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/qa/qa1942/_index.html https://developer.apple.com/library/content/qa/qa1942/_index... So that might be a good option in the near future!
- StavrosK 9y agoAh, great, because when I last looked at an iOS device, the user had to switch between the WiFi network manually, which was a hassle.