Well, I want it to use the side-channel WiFi connection, if it can, so I think 
MPC is the way to go. Thanks!

> On Apr 20, 2016, at 19:09 , Jeff Kelley <slauncha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
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