multipeer connectivity test on iphone and a simulator simultaneously

Question

Hello I was searching in all topics of the forum about how can i test an app which uses multipeer connectivity framework. Can someone tell me how can i test an app by using an iPhone device and a simulator simultaneously, player one for device and player two on the simulator and vice versa. I already test the app by using two simulators one per mac - user on a mac and its working but it is not convenient to continuously switch users to test an app. I tried all the alternatives, running once in simulator and one on device at the same time,make second target, nothing happened.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

If you put your iPhone and your Mac on the same WiFi network they should able to discover each other without any problem.

Answer 2

Yes you can test your app on Device an Simulator simultaneously. I'm developing an app with Multipeer Connectivity right now and communication between Iphone and Simulator works fine. I'm running it on a MacBook Air. All you have to do is to make sure, that Bluetooth is enabled on your Mac. You can do this in System Preferences -> Bluetooth.

Answer 3

In addition to testing on WiFi, you can also test your app based on "Multipeer Connectivity framework" on simulator and any IOS device using Bluetooth, As long as simulator and devices are connected in same Personal area network.

For example, on Iphone you can turn on Personal Hotspot (in your phone General settings) to connect your phone with your mac in same personal area network via bluetooth or WiFi and then try testing your app sharing messages between simulator and Iphone using any personal network based on Bluetooth or WiFi.

All the combination will work as long as app using "Mutlipeer connectivity framework" are on same personal area network.