Beginning iOS Game Center and Game Kit: For iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Common Matchmaking Scenarios

Before we begin working with matches and invitations themselves, it is important to understand some of the scenarios that you might encounter in your quest to implement multiplayer networking into your iOS app or game.

• The first, and probably most common, scenario that you could encounter would be players who are already in your app and want to create an auto-matched game. Both players will already have the app installed and loaded, as well as be in a place where it is expected that they will want to begin a networked session with each other. The invitee player will receive a notification asking whether he or she wants to join a game with the inviter. When both agree, the matchmaking GUI is dismissed and a new match ...