Mobile sockets crowd funding opportunity

[Monte Goulding]

Unfortunately this is where you need the sockets external because right now you can't accept connections (like a server). So at the moment it's just for finding desktop apps.

On 14/12/2012, at 7:31 AM, JOHN PATTEN <johnpatten at me.com> wrote:

> Thanks Monte…
> 
> I'm not familiar with Bonjour other than for the usual finding printers and OS stuff. I hadn't thought of using Bonjour to  allow IOS devices to discover other iOS devices. This seems like a good direction to experiment in.
> 
> Any example stacks floating around that demonstrate a simple iOS to iOS discovery and reply?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> On Dec 13, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Monte Goulding <monte at sweattechnologies.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 14/12/2012, at 7:05 AM, JOHN PATTEN <johnpatten at me.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Mark…
>>> 
>>> Hmmm? So it would appear if we wanted to make the ability for devices to discover each other, say via bluetooth, and we may use Android devices, we'd be best going after the socket external as opposed to the Game Center external. 
>>> 
>>> I'm guessing with the socket external there would be a little less chance of Apple changing the "rules" so to speak on how devices can discover each other (if we went the Game Center external route).
>>> 
>>> It just seems like one less issue to worry about. 
>>> 
>>> I'll have to wait and see…
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>> 
>> For discovery I have mergBonjour. I will be doing an android version of mergBonjour at some point in the future after there's an android externals sdk available.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
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>> Monte Goulding
>> 
>> M E R Goulding - software development services
>> mergExt - There's an external for that!
>> 
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