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[BUG] UDP Broadcast not working in IOS app

Open Mark-Aerobat opened this issue 3 years ago • 13 comments

What OS?

iPhone and iPad IOS 15.3.1

Description of issue

UDP broadcast using IOS app does not work. Only unicast works.

UPD broadcast to the same address works in the Windows program

1 - Windows UDP Broadcast Works

2 - IOS UDP Unicast Works

3 - IOS UDP Broadcast not working

Mark-Aerobat avatar Mar 09 '22 21:03 Mark-Aerobat

I dug into this a bit. It seems Apple blocks broadcast and multicast. However, there may be a way if I can have the app request the correct special permission.

dannagle avatar Mar 10 '22 14:03 dannagle

Thanks for looking into it.

Mark-Aerobat avatar Mar 10 '22 18:03 Mark-Aerobat

Any progress on this issue? Were you able to request the correct special permission from Apple?

Mark-Aerobat avatar May 03 '22 19:05 Mark-Aerobat

This fell off my radar. I've been putting out so many bigger fires. I'll put this higher on my list.

dannagle avatar May 07 '22 23:05 dannagle

Just an FYI... I've requested the entitlement for my app from Apple. Apparently, this feature requires a special request which is why I have been having trouble getting it to work.

dannagle avatar Jul 16 '22 17:07 dannagle

Thanks for following up and for requesting the entitlement. It will be a useful feature.

Mark-Aerobat avatar Aug 02 '22 03:08 Mark-Aerobat

Any news from Apple concerning your entitlement for UDP broadcast?

Mark-Aerobat avatar Sep 12 '22 17:09 Mark-Aerobat

Yes, it got approved last week. I am preparing for a conference next week, and then I can add the fix to the app. Thanks for asking. I am marking this thread unread in my inbox.

dannagle avatar Sep 14 '22 01:09 dannagle

When you have a chance can you update the app to include UDP broadcast. It would be a good feature to have for my current project. Thanks.

Mark-Aerobat avatar Nov 11 '22 01:11 Mark-Aerobat

Hope that all is well. Are you still planning to add the UDP broadcast feature to the iOS app? It would be a great feature to have in the app and it would also be very useful for my current project. Let me know what your plans are.

Mark-Aerobat avatar Dec 09 '22 21:12 Mark-Aerobat

I am sorry. You have been super patient. After a lot of thought, I decided to remove the app from sale until I actually have the time and budget to support it properly. I keep waiting for my schedule to ease, and it simply never does.

Beyond just broadcast/multicast support, the app needs a lot of work to reach better feature parity with the desktop. The Android version was removed too.

dannagle avatar Dec 10 '22 18:12 dannagle

I understand. Thanks for letting me know.

Mark-Aerobat avatar Dec 10 '22 21:12 Mark-Aerobat