MultiMagic - Magic Multipeer Connectivity

A very simple wrapper for the iOS7 Multipeer Connectivity framework.

Installation

MultiMagic is available through CocoaPods, to install it simply add the following line to your Podfile:

I haven't gotten round to submitting this to Cocoapods yet, so for now you can install this by adding the following code to your Podfile:

   pod 'MultiMagic',	:git => "[email protected]:ZackMcBride/MultiMagic.git", :tag => 'v0.0.3' 

and then running pod install from your project directory.

Usage

Creating a session

Getting started is easy. Just write

[MultiMagic.manager startSessionWithName:[UIDevice currentDevice].name
                                 visible:YES];

Browsing available devices

1. Set your current view controller as the browser delegate

    MultiMagic.manager.browser.delegate = self;

2. Present the browser

    [self presentViewController:MultiMagic.manager.browser 
                       animated:YES 
                     completion:nil];

This will enable the default iOS modal viewController for connecting with peers.

Listening for session changes

1. Implement this block (it's probably good to do this at the same time that you start the session)

    MultiMagic.manager.onSessionDidChangeState = ^(MMState *state){
        // Do some good stuff here...
    };

This will fire whenever something changes in your session

Receiving things

Use these blocks to interact with all that multipeer goodness

@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^onSessionDidReceiveData)(MMData *data);

This will get called whenever data is received from another peer. You receive an MMData instance which holds the message.

@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^onSessionDidReceiveStream)(MMStream *stream);

This will get called when a nearby peer opens a stream to your device. The MMStream object you receive contains an NSInputStream.

@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^onSessionDidStartReceivingResource)(MMResource *resource);

Indicates that you have begun receiving a resource from another peer. This instance of MMResource holds an NSProgress object.

@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^onSessionDidFinishReceivingResource)(MMResource *resource);

Indicates that the stream you have been receiving just finished. It contains an NSURL object pointing to the brand new local file stored on your device.

Sending things

Simple data

  [MultiMagic.manager.session sendData:(NSData *)data 
                               toPeers:(NSArray *)peerIDs 
                              withMode:(MCSessionSendDataMode)mode 
                                 error:(NSError **)error;

Files

  [MultiMagic.manager.session sendResourceAtURL:(NSURL *)resourceURL 
                                       withName:(NSString *)resourceName 
                                         toPeer:(MCPeerID *)peerID
                          withCompletionHandler:(void(^)(NSError *error))completionHandler;

Streams

  [MultiMagic.manager.session startStreamWithName:(NSString *)streamName 
                                           toPeer:(MCPeerID *)peerID 
                                            error:(NSError **)error;

Hopefully you get the idea. Have fun!

Author

Zack McBride, [email protected]

License

MultiMagic is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.