How to access host ip address using host pc name in wifi network using android

Question

In Java I have used following code to get ip using hostname

InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName("hp-PC");
System.out.println(address.getHostAddress());

when I am trying to used this code in android then it display

Host Not Found

error, please help me to solve this problem.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

For me it works only when I add .local in the host name while getting the IP address of the machine in the local network.

InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName("hp-PC.local");
System.out.println(address.getHostAddress());

Not sure if this works out for you or not.