iOS Components and Frameworks: Understanding the Advanced Features of the iOS SDK

Benefits of Game Kit’s Bluetooth Networking

In the preceding section you saw some of the limitations of using Game Kit for Bluetooth networking. Although there are some serious limitations, the benefits that are gained from leveraging this technology far outweigh those limitations in most circumstances.

One of the most beneficial features of Bluetooth is that it works where there is no available Internet connection or other closed Wi-Fi networks. Bluetooth networking allows users to communicate with each other in the absence of these networks. There are hundreds of scenarios where users are not able to access outside networks such as while in flight or during road trips. Both of these environments offer a captive audience of users who might ...