I do this very same thing in my iOS 8 apps, and it works for me. However, I
seem to recall that I never could get it to work if I used @"" for the domain.
Have you tried supplying a non-zero length string for the domain name (same on
both sides)?
-Carl
> On Nov 25, 2015, at 4:25 PM, john.dum...@comcast.net wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I was trying to use peer-to-peer networking between 2 iOS 8 devices but could
> not figure out how to keep the 2 apps from randomly disconnecting, so I
> thought I’d try to use bonjour. However, I can’t find an advertised service
> using the same devices I used when trying to communicate through a p2p
> connection.
>
> The advertiser code looks like this…
>
> + (NSString*) proctorServiceType
> {
> return @"_ick._tcp";
> }
>
> - (BOOL) startAdvertisingWithPatientName : (NSString*) patientName
> {
> if( ! [self setupListeningSocket])
> return NO;
>
> proctorService = [[NSNetService alloc] initWithDomain:@""
> type:[BonjourProctorAdvertiser proctorServiceType] name:@"" port:servicePort];
>
> if(proctorService == nil)
> return NO;
>
> proctorService.delegate = self;
>
> [proctorService publish];
>
> return YES;
> }
>
> servicePort is 0.
>
> When I run this, my
>
> - (void) netServiceDidPublish : (NSNetService *)sender
>
> delegate method is getting called.
>
> However, the client side of the app, configured like this…
>
> - (void) startBrowsingForProctorService
> {
> NSNetServiceBrowser *serviceBrowser = [self getProctorServiceBrowser];
> [serviceBrowser setDelegate:self];
> [serviceBrowser searchForServicesOfType:[BonjourProctorAdvertiser
> proctorServiceType] inDomain:@""];
>
> }
>
> - (NSNetServiceBrowser*) getProctorServiceBrowser
> {
> if(proctorServiceBrowser == nil)
> {
> proctorServiceBrowser = [[NSNetServiceBrowser alloc] init];
> }
>
> return proctorServiceBrowser;
> }
>
> never discovers the service.
>
> I checked that both devices are on the same WiFi network. That network has
> other bonjour devices on it that I can discover; an HP printer for example.
> I enabled bonjour in Safari, but it did not see my service, though I don’t
> know if Safari searches for anything other than _http._tcp. Changing my
> advertised service type to _http._tcp didn’t result in Safari finding it, but
> that was a long shot anyway.
>
> The other thing I tried was removing both devices from any WiFi network but
> that didn’t change the client not being able to discover the service, even
> though the netServiceDidPublish delegate is getting called when I select no
> WiFi connection.
>
> I’m not sure where to go from here, so any pointers would be appreciated.
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