Is it possible to access the underlying socket when using ManagedChannelBuilder?

[GiantSox]

Hi there!

I'm working with an environment where I have a gRPC client on Android that needs to connect to a server running on a specific network. In order to access that network, I need to bind the socket I want to communicate over to the Network object using Network.bindSocket() before the socket connects.

Is it possible to access the socket somehow so I can do that?

[kannanjgithub]

No, the socket created is not exposed for you to do that.

[ejona86]

You can't access the socket gRPC creates, but you can create the socket for gRPC to use by providing a socketFactory. That allows you to bind to a particular network. Your SocketFactory can delegate to SocketFactory.getDefault().