Sending Data

Connecting to a new peer is only the first step in implementing a functional peer-to-peer networking app. After connecting to a new peer, you will want to send that peer some data. Sending data using Game Kit is extremely easy. Take a look at the following code snippet:

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[mySession sendDataToAllPeers:messageData withDataMode:GKSendDataReliable error:&error];

The first part of this method is a pointer to the session that was returned as part of connecting to a new peer. In the preceding example the data is being sent to all connected peers. There is an alternative method, sendData:toPeers:withDataMode:error:, if you wanted to send data to only a specific peer. The next part of the code snippet is an argument ...

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