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

Programmatic Matches

If you want to bypass the GKTurnBasedMatchmakerViewController and implement your own GUI, there is an option to do so. Using the following method will create a new match without having the user go through the matchmaker.

- (void)findMatch {     GKMatchRequest *match = [[GKMatchRequest alloc] init];     [match setMaxPlayers:2];     [match setMinPlayers:2];     [GKTurnBasedMatch findMatchForRequest:match withCompletionHandler:^(GKTurnBasedMatch *match, NSError *error) {         if (error == nil) {             //start new game with returned match         } else {             NSLog(@"An error occurred when finding a match: %@", [error localizedDescription]);         }     }]; }

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