Creating a custom MCBrowserViewController

Question

Is there a way to create a UITableView housing the same information found in an MCBrowserViewController? My current code only allows a standard view to be pushed that is not in the same design as my app:

self.browserVC = [[MCBrowserViewController alloc] initWithServiceType:@"chat" session:self.mySession];
[self presentViewController:self.browserVC animated:YES completion:nil];

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

1. Set your View Controller as the delegate to MCNearbyServiceBrowser and MCSession (i.e. <MCNearbyServiceBrowserDelegate, MCSessionDelegate>)
2. Create a property for your MCNearbyServiceBrowser (and MCSession)

3. In viewDidLoad (or whichever trigger suits your pattern) of your View Controller:

   _myPeerID = [[MCPeerID alloc] initWithDisplayName:[UIDevice currentDevice].name];
   _mySession = [[MCSession alloc] initWithPeer:_myPeerID];
   [_mySession setDelegate:self];
   _browser = [[MCNearbyServiceBrowser alloc]initWithPeer:_myPeerID serviceType:@"connectme"];
   [_browser setDelegate:self];
   [_browser startBrowsingForPeers];
   

4. Implement the - (void)browser:(MCNearbyServiceBrowser *)browser foundPeer:(MCPeerID *)peerID withDiscoveryInfo:(NSDictionary *)info method as so:

   1. Add every found peer into an array for the data source of your UITableView. Typically you'd get the peerID.displayName.
   2. Call [tableView reloadData].

Answer 2

Check out MCSessionP2P, a demo app that illustrates the ad-hoc networking features of MCSession. SessionController conforms to MCSessionDelegate, MCNearbyServiceBrowserDelegate and MCNearbyServiceAdvertiserDelegate and acts as the datasource for a UITableView. The app advertises itself via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth and programmatically connects to available peers, establishing a peer-to-peer network.

Answer 3

Yazid's answer was working for me. Next step, to connect to a peer that was found during startBrowsingForPeers use

_browser.invitePeer(peerID, toSession: _mySession, withContext: nil, timeout: 30.0)

(SWIFT notation here)