Some kind of push communication between Android -> iPhone without a server inbetween

Question

Im looking to initiate pushcommunication between Android and iPhone, both ways. The data that is to be transferred is critical so therefor I cannot use ordinary push because its not prioritzed.

It is important that the user doesnt "see" the communication. I have looked at using SMS and "catch" the message before it reaches the ordinary "SMS application" of the phone. As I understand this is possible in Android but not in iPhone.

Any other suggestions?

Answer 1

You can use Bonjour (aka Zeroconf ) for this. There are tons of links for using Bonjour on the iPhone; here's a link for doing it on Android:

http://android.noisepages.com/2010/02/yes-android-can-do-zeroconfbonjour-jmdns/