Is Wi-Fi Direct connection possible within iOS devices and among Wi-Fi Direct enabled devices?

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Krishnan picture Krishnan · Mar 21, 2012 · Viewed 73k times · Source

Is Wi-Fi Direct connection possible within iOS devices and among Wi-Fi Direct enabled devices?

The objective is to enable communication between an iOS device and another device (not necessarily another iOS device. It could be Android, Mac, PC) without the presence of any controllers. (WAPs).

Answer

doublesharp picture doublesharp · Sep 21, 2012

iOS devices can connect to an ad-hoc network, and if they do so they will have full wireless network capabilities. The limitation is with creating an ad-hoc network from the device itself, which is not allowed/not possible.

An alternative would be to use the GameKit/Game Center API which uses Bluetooth to create a network between iOS devices. This would obviously include the more limited range of Bluetooth vs Wifi, as well as the constraints of Apple's SDK.

More information on Game Center in iOS 6 is available here: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/GameKit_Guide/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008304

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