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I am new in socket programming. i am using Multicast socket for broadcasting through wifi hotspot network.But i am facing problem at the reciver side.
Since So many days i am trying.

What I have tried:

Here is my code Server Side



Java
import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.DatagramPacket;
import java.net.DatagramSocket;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.util.Log;
public class SenderService extends Service
{
SenderThread currentSender;

public class SenderThread extends Thread
{

    public void run()
    {
        Log.d("in thread","in service");
        try
        {

            InetAddress group = InetAddress.getByName("224.0.0.3");
              int port=10000;
              DatagramSocket sock=new DatagramSocket();
              sock.setBroadcast(true);
                String msg="hello";
                byte []b3=new byte[1024];
                DatagramPacket packet;
                b3=msg.getBytes();


                while (true)
                {   

                try
                {


                    packet = new DatagramPacket(b3, b3.length,group, port); 

                            sock.send(packet);
                            Log.d("MSG:", "sent");

                } catch (IOException e)
                {
                    Log.d("Send Excp:", e+"");
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                finally
                {
                    sock.close();
                }

            }

        } catch (Exception e)
        {

            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}
@Override
public void onCreate() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onCreate();
}

@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0)
{
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    return null;
}

@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId)
{

    new SenderThread().start();

    return Service.START_STICKY;
}

}




My Client Side Code

Java
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.DatagramPacket;
 import java.net.DatagramSocket;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.MulticastSocket;
 import java.net.NetworkInterface;
 import java.util.Enumeration;

 import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
 import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
   import android.net.NetworkInfo;
 import android.net.wifi.WifiManager;
 import android.net.wifi.WifiManager.MulticastLock;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
 import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
  import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;

  public class ReceiverActivity extends Activity
   {
    Button b;
    Handler h;
    class MyRTh extends Thread
    {
        InetAddress group=null ;
        WifiManager wifi =    (WifiManager)getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
        MulticastLock lock = wifi.createMulticastLock("HelloAndroid");

        public void run()
        {

            try
            {

            lock.acquire();
            }
            catch (Exception e) {
                // TODO: handle exception
                Log.d("lock",e+"");
            }
            try
            {

                final MulticastSocket sock=new MulticastSocket(10000);
                group= InetAddress.getByName("224.0.0.3");
                //sock.setSoTimeout(15000);
                try
                {
                sock.joinGroup(group);
                }
                catch(Exception e)
                {
                    Log.d("join",""+e.toString());

                }

                while(true)
               {
                try
                {

                    Log.d("in try","l4");






                            byte[] data = new byte[1024]; 

                            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                            DatagramPacket packet = new DatagramPacket(data, data.length);

                            Log.d("in run","l4");
                            try {
                                    sock.receive(packet);
                                String s = new String(packet.getData());

                                Log.e("MSG:", "Received");

                                Log.d("msg",s);

                            } catch (Exception e) {
                                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                                e.printStackTrace();
                                Log.d("err",e.toString());
                            }



                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    Log.d("Excp", e.toString()+"");
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }


                }
                }catch (Exception e) {
                // TODO: handle exception
            }



        }

    }

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_receiver);
    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Receiving", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    Log.d("1","l1");

    b=(Button)findViewById(R.id.buttonr);
    b.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View arg0)
        {

            MyRTh th=new MyRTh();
            th.start();
        }
    });
}
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