During the Wi-Fi Aware's pairing process, Apple is unable to recognize the follow-up PMF sent by Android.

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iPhone 12 pro with iOS 26.0 (23A5276f) App: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/wifiaware/building-peer-to-peer-apps

We aim to use Wi-Fi Aware to establish file transfer between Android and Apple devices.

Apple will act as the Publisher, and Android will act as the Subscriber. According to the pairing process outlined in the Wi-Fi Aware protocol (Figure 49 in the Wi-Fi Aware 4.0 specification), the three PASN Authentication frames have been successfully exchanged. Subsequently, Android sends the encrypted Follow-up PMF to Apple, but the Apple log shows: Failed to parse event. Please refer to the attached complete log.

We request Apple to provide a solution.

apple Log-20250808a.txt

Answered by DTS Engineer in 853096022

My general advice is this topic is here.

If you believe that your test setup meets all the criteria discussed in that doc, and things are still failing on the Apple side, I recommend that you file a bug with the details. Make sure to follow the Wi-Fi diagnostics process described in Bug Reporting > Profiles and Logs.

Please post your bug number, just for the record.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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DTS Engineer OP

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My general advice is this topic is here.

If you believe that your test setup meets all the criteria discussed in that doc, and things are still failing on the Apple side, I recommend that you file a bug with the details. Make sure to follow the Wi-Fi diagnostics process described in Bug Reporting > Profiles and Logs.

Please post your bug number, just for the record.

Share and Enjoy
—
Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

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Bojie_Lv OP

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@DTS Engineer If possible，please give me the email of apple wifi team thank you

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Bojie_Lv OP

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FB: https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/feedback/19568037

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

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please give me the email of apple wifi team thank you

No, sorry, I’m not able to share internal contact information publicly.

FB19568037

Thanks.

Share and Enjoy
—
Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

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sengui OP

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Our goal is to establish a Wi‑Fi Aware data path (NDP) between Apple and Android devices.

Apple will act as the Publisher, and Android will act as the Subscriber.

Apple-to-Android pairing has already been completed.

The Android device can be normally displayed on the Apple official Wi-Fi Aware Sample. However, the indicator is not green.

During pairing, the Apple log shows: state: authenticated, and the Android side triggers the callback onPairingSetupSucceeded.

During pairing verification, the Apple log shows: state: authenticated, and the Android side triggers the callback onPairingVerificationSucceed.

The Android side sends an NDP request to Apple (as shown in the figure 1), but Apple does not reply.

Figure 1.jpg Note: Qualcomm’s NDI and NMI are different.

In addition, after Apple-to-Apple pairing is completed, the paired device will be recorded in “Settings → Privacy & Security → Paired Devices”.

However, after Android-to-Apple pairing is completed, the device is not saved to this list.

My iPhone model: iPhone 13, iOS 26.0 (23A5287g).

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sengui OP

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FB19683706

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pandarisearch OP

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@sengui What is your android setup and WifiAware configuration?

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sengui OP

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@pandarisearch Android as subscriber In Android's onServiceDiscovered callback, execute initateBootstrappingRequest. In Android's OnBootstrappingSucceded callback, execute initatePairingRequest.

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