How can I connect to an IPv6 address on Android?

Question

On Android, I'm using HttpClient to connect to a web address like so:

String url = "http://[fe80::1cef:49e7:2661:ffda]:7001/a.MOV";
HttpParams httpParameters = new BasicHttpParams();
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(httpParameters);
HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);
HttpResponse response = client.execute(httpGet);

The code works fine when inputting a standard URL, or one with a v4 IP address. However, when I use a v6 address, the last line of the above code will fail with a java.net.SocketException: Invalid argument being thrown.

To illustrate, while this address:

http://192.168.1.2:7001/a.MOV

will work without a problem, this one:

http://[fe80::1cef:49e7:2661:ffda]:7001/a.MOV

won't work at all.

To be sure, I also tried using the newer HttpURLConnection to make the connection, and it still results in the same exception being thrown.

I'm currently performing my testing on a Google TV device running Android version 3.2.

So is there something I'm doing wrong? And if not, is there any way to work around this apparent limitation of Android?

Answer 1

Since you are using Android 3.2 It will not support ipv6

Check here https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/3718/does-android-have-support-for-ipv6