A wrapper for Apple's MultipeerConnectivity framework for offline data transmission between Apple devices. This framework makes it easy to automatically connect to multiple nearby devices and share information using either bluetooth or wifi radios.
Features
- Supports iOS/macOS
- Auto Connection
- Auto Invitations/Advertising
- Send/Receive data via MultipeerConnectivity Framework
- Specify data types for easy handling
Integration
CocoaPods
You can use CocoaPods to install MultiPeer
by adding it to your Podfile
:
pod 'MultiPeer'
Carthage
You can use Carthage to install MultiPeer
by adding it to your Cartfile
:
github "dingwilson/MultiPeer"
Swift Package Manager
For SPM, add the following to your package dependencies:
.package(url: "https://github.com/dingwilson/MultiPeer.git", .upToNextMinor(from: "0.0.0"))
Usage
To get started, simply initialize MultiPeer with the name of your session (serviceType
). There are two modes of connections (advertiser and browser). To utilize both, simply use .autoConnect()
.
MultiPeer.instance.initialize(serviceType: "demo-app")
MultiPeer.instance.autoConnect()
Any data transmitted by MultiPeer will always be accompanied by a numerical "type", to ensure other peers know what kind of data is being received. You can manage this by creating a UInt32
enum, as shown below:
enum DataType: UInt32 {
case string = 1
case image = 2
// ...
}
To send data, simply use the .send(object: type:)
function:
MultiPeer.instance.send(object: "Hello World!", type: DataType.string.rawValue)
To receive data, we must conform to the MultiPeerDelegate
protocol:
func multiPeer(didReceiveData data: Data, ofType type: UInt32) {
if type == DataType.string.rawValue {
let string = data.convert() as! String
// do something with the received string
} else if type == DataType.image.rawValue {
let image = UIImage(data: data)
// do something with the received UIImage
}
}
func multiPeer(connectedDevicesChanged devices: [String]) {}
Congratulations! You have successfully sent data using MultiPeer! For more detailed information (including details of other functions), please see the docs.
License
MultiPeer
is released under an MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
Authors
Project heavily inspired by Apple-Signal.