That sounds like the perfect use case for using the MultipeerConnectivity framework. At a lower level, you could use Bonjour (though that requires the devices to be on the same network).
Jeff Kelley > On Apr 20, 2016, at 9:33 PM, Rick Mann <rm...@latencyzero.com> wrote: > > Is there a way to do Air Drop-style sharing between two instances of my app > (running on separate devices near each other)? It seems I can AirDrop to any > other device, but I want to restrict it to devices that have my app installed. > > Our app gathers app-specific data. It can be beneficial to the user to have > more than one person using a device gathering data, and then have all the > additional users transfer the data they gathered from their device to one > "main" device. > > Would Peer-to-peer connectivity be a way to accomplish this? The idea would > be for users to browse for other nearby devices running the app, and then > offer data, and have the other app pop up UI authorizing the transfer. > > Thanks, > > -- > Rick Mann > rm...@latencyzero.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/slaunchaman%40gmail.com > > This email sent to slauncha...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
