eclipse-paho/paho.mqtt.android

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Eclipse Paho Android Service is an MQTT client library written in Java for Android applications, supporting MQTT 3.1/3.1.1 with features like automatic reconnect, offline buffering, SSL/TLS, and WebSocket support. It is part of the Eclipse Paho project providing open-source implementations of standard M2M and IoT messaging protocols.

Use cases

• connect an android app to an mqtt broker
• receive iot sensor data on android via mqtt
• publish messages from android over mqtt with tls
• keep mqtt connection alive with automatic reconnect and offline buffering
• use mqtt over websockets in an android app
• implement last will and testament in an android mqtt client

When to choose

• you need a mature, Eclipse-hosted MQTT client specifically for Android
• you need MQTT 3.1/3.1.1 with SSL/TLS, WebSockets, and message persistence on Android
• you want a background Android Service to manage the MQTT connection lifecycle

When to avoid

• you need MQTT 5.0 support, which this library does not provide
• you are building for non-Android Java platforms - use the standard Paho Java client instead
• you need a very actively developed project - releases are infrequent and the library is largely in maintenance mode

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

message-queue networking websocket cryptography iot mobile-development android-tools jvm mqtt-client mqtt iot-messaging pubsub android-service eclipse-paho messaging android mobile

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