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

Game Kit: An Overview

Game Kit can be broken up into three individual sections: networking, Game Center, and voice chat. Though all of these services work together to create one seamless environment, it can be helpful to look at each individually. While there might be overlap between sections, such as networking and Game Center, each section of Game Kit can be broken down into a primary category. While these sections are not differentiated in the API, it is useful to keep them separate while learning Game Kit development.

Networking

Networking in Game Kit allows you to send and receive data between peers. Game Kit networking also provides a connection protocol to connect to local clients that are found on your Wi-Fi network, or locally using ...