Why WiFiDirect return OperationAlreadyInProgress when pairing?

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Why WiFiDirect return OperationAlreadyInProgress when pairing?

quanwen du 41

Hello,

When we refer to the UWP WiFi Direct Sample to develop app to pair with phone, the interface DeviceInformationCustomPairing.PairAsync() sometimes returns OperationAlreadyInProgress.

Can you share under which conditions the interface will return OperationAlreadyInProgress? is it due the previous WiFiDirect connection is not closed politely? if so, how can we do to void OperationAlreadyInProgress error?

Thanks a lot！

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Anonymous

Hello,

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From the document - DevicePairingResultStatus Enum, the OperationAlreadyInProgress state means The device object is already attempting to pair or unpair. When the pairing process is not finished and the pairing method is called again, this result will be returned.

Please do not call the pairing method multiple times in a short time. Make sure the target device's pairing process is finished before calling the pairing method again.

Thank you.

quanwen du 41 Reputation points

2020-06-30T08:05:28.017+00:00

Thanks for the response.

During our test, yes we did quickly pair / unpair, but the issue is: sometimes it returns OperationAlreadyInProgress, sometimes not. Is there interface to cancel the ongoing operation? we did try to DeviceInformationPairing.UnpairAsync() but it does not work.
Anonymous

2020-07-01T01:57:08.727+00:00

The unpair method is used unpair a paired device. In your scenario, the device is not paired because the device is under the pairing process. That's why the unpair does not work because it is not the expected scenario where it should be used.

Currently, there is no API could cancel the pairing process.

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