WiFiDirect Legacy AP (for Windows)

This is a loose Rust adaptation of Microsoft's C++ WiFi Direct Legacy AP sample code, adapted for my purposes with Flying Carpet, and written with Microsoft's Rust bindings for the Windows API. It is a library exposing one struct, WlanHostedNetworkHelper.

Example Use

Provide WlanHostedNetworkHelper::new() with an SSID, a password, a message Sender channel that will be used to write messages back to your code from the Windows Runtime, and a success Sender channel that will send one bool when the AP starts or fails to start. Keep the returned hotspot in scope for as long as you need it.

use std::sync::mpsc;
use std::thread::spawn;
use crate::WlanHostedNetworkHelper;

fn run_hosted_network() {
    // Make channels to receive messages from Windows Runtime
    let (message_tx, message_rx) = mpsc::channel::<String>();
    let (success_tx, success_rx) = mpsc::channel::<bool>();
    let wlan_hosted_network_helper =
        WlanHostedNetworkHelper::new("WiFiDirectTestNetwork", "TestingThisLibrary", message_tx, success_tx)
            .unwrap();

    // Listen for messages in a thread that will exit when the hotspot is done and the sender closes
    spawn(move || loop {
        let msg = match message_rx.recv() {
            Ok(m) => m,
            Err(e) => {
                println!("WiFiDirect thread exiting: {}", e);
                break;
            }
        };
        println!("{}", msg);
    });

    // Wait to see whether we were able to start the hotspot
    let started = success_rx.recv().unwrap();
    if !started {
        panic!("Failed to start hotspot");
    }

    // Use the hosted network
    std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(10));

    // Stop it when done
    wlan_hosted_network_helper.stop().expect("Error in stop()");
}