GameKit Tesing on two Simulator on different MAC

[hardikapatel]

Hello to all,

I ve developed my game and now I want to make it Multiplayer

I am using Gamekit
and i ve sdk 3.1.2
and iphone 3g

i dont have two devices so i want to test it with simulator

please help me whether i can run it on two simulator on different mac ( we ve WiFi network )

or how can I connect Simulator with my Device to test

becuase it takes long time to scan and nowhere find device by going in infinite loop for searching device.

also once it got detected but shown Connection Lost and never came up from that

any help would be use ful

Thanks in Advance

[Centurion Games]

Gamekit doesn't work on the simulator, you have to have two devices.

[hardikapatel]

Originally Posted by Centurion Games

Gamekit doesn't work on the simulator, you have to have two devices.

Please look on the images i ve uploaded it seems to work on simulator
but iPhone doesnot detect Simulator

So we are trying to make two Simulator to connect each other

or if possible in other way iphone to simulator that will also work

[Centurion Games]

I'll quote Apple. "Bluetooth networking is not supported on the original iPhone or the first-generation iPod Touch. It is also not supported in Simulator."

[hardikapatel]

Originally Posted by Centurion Games

I'll quote Apple. "Bluetooth networking is not supported on the original iPhone or the first-generation iPod Touch. It is also not supported in Simulator."

we are using WiFi

[Centurion Games]

Originally Posted by hardikapatel

we are using WiFi

Unless something has changed game kit is bluetooth only. As to wifi, you should be able to use the simulator and/or any mix of devices and simulators.

[hardikapatel]

Originally Posted by Centurion Games

Unless something has changed game kit is bluetooth only. As to wifi, you should be able to use the simulator and/or any mix of devices and simulators.

ya i know but the problem is Simulator can detect iPhone,
but iPhone Cant detect Simulator

[Centurion Games]

Originally Posted by hardikapatel

ya i know but the problem is Simulator can detect iPhone,
but iPhone Cant detect Simulator

Need to see your network code, this could be a lot of things. Which device is acting as the sever? Which ports are being used? Are both devices getting a ip address that is on the same network? How are you doing discovery?

[hardikapatel]

Originally Posted by Centurion Games

Need to see your network code, this could be a lot of things. Which device is acting as the sever? Which ports are being used? Are both devices getting a ip address that is on the same network? How are you doing discovery?

There is no such thing like IP address and port.The application developed using GAMEKIT takes care of everything.It automatically detect the IP Address of all iPhone devices in WiFi network and looks for the application key if it matches then proceeds futher.

[Centurion Games]

Originally Posted by hardikapatel

There is no such thing like IP address and port.The application developed using GAMEKIT takes care of everything.It automatically detect the IP Address of all iPhone devices in WiFi network and looks for the application key if it matches then proceeds futher.

Sorry I see Gamekit added wifi support with 3.1 (But no picker). Previously it was only bluetooth.

IP's and ports do still exist, though as you said they are abstracted away. This could also still be a ip or router type issue. I'd recommend downloading something like the WiTap sample, and trying to run one on the device, and one on the simulator and see if they can detect each other. If that works than you know the network configuration should be fine, since thats using sockets and bonjour which is what gamekit abstracts away.

[FatFatto]

WiFi works absolutely normally in the simulator.

It is exactly like having a device (phone or pad) which is using wifi.

If you have, say, three macs, three pads and three phones, you can use that as nine devices all using wifi.

Again there is absolutely no difference using a Wifi app in the simulator, or a wifi app in a device (pad/phone).

In other words, the simulator works "perfectly" regarding wifi. (Assuming of course that your Mac has wifi !!)

There is absolutely no difference between testing a Wifi app on your device (pad/phone) or on the simulator. Hope it helps.

(Of course the simulator DOES NOT do bluetooth, and that's that. Yes, it will sometimes sort of weirdly apparently do the notifcation but nothing else. The simulator does not do bluetooth and there is no way to hack it, end of story. If you are developing a *bluetooth* network app you need a large number of devices, pad or phone.)

Just to repeat the simulator works absolutely perfectly with Wifi - no difference in any detail from using a device.

Hope it helps!