Chapter    9

Peer-to-Peer Over Bluetooth Using Multipeer Connectivity

Game Kit has to be one of the coolest frameworks available for people interested in developing games on the iOS SDK. Game Kit classes provide three different technologies: GameCenter, Peer-to-Peer Connectivity, and In Game Voice. With iOS 7, Apple introduced a new framework called Multipeer Connectivity. This chapter will focus on Peer-to-Peer Connectivity using Multipeer Connectivity. We won’t be covering any of Game Kit functionality in this chapter.

Peer-to-Peer Connectivity

Multipeer Connectivity makes it easy to wirelessly connect multiple iOS devices, either via Bluetooth or WiFi. Bluetooth is a wireless networking option built into all but the first-generation iPhone ...

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