Bonjour Programming on the iPhone, Part I  : Page 2

In the BonjourViewController.h file, add the following statements in bold:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface BonjourViewController : UIViewController {
    IBOutlet UITableView *tbView;
    IBOutlet UITextField *message;
    IBOutlet UITextView *debug;

    //---use for browsing services---
    NSNetServiceBrowser *browser;
    NSMutableArray *services;
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) UITableView *tbView;
@property (nonatomic, retain) UITextField *message;
@property (nonatomic, retain) UITextView *debug;

@property (readwrite, retain) NSNetServiceBrowser *browser;
@property (readwrite, retain) NSMutableArray *services;

-(IBAction) btnConnect:(id)sender;
-(IBAction) btnSend:(id)sender;
-(IBAction) doneEditing;

@end

In the BonjourViewController.m file, add the following statements in bold:

#import "BonjourViewController.h"
#import <netinet/in.h>

@implementation BonjourViewController

@synthesize tbView;
@synthesize message;
@synthesize debug;

@synthesize browser;
@synthesize services;

//---set the number of rows in the TableView---
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView 
 numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
     return [services count];    
}

//---display the individual rows in the TableView---
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath 

*)indexPath {
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
    
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView 
        dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] 
 

           initWithStyle:UITableViewCell

StyleDefault 
 

           reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifie

r] autorelease];
    }

    //---display the hostname of each service---
    cell.textLabel.text = [[services objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] hostName];

    return cell;
}

//---browse for services---
-(void) browseServices {
    services = [NSMutableArray new];
    self.browser = [[NSNetServiceBrowser new] autorelease];
    self.browser.delegate = self;
    [self.browser searchForServicesOfType:@"_MyService._tcp." inDomain:@""];
}

-(void)viewDidLoad {
    [self browseServices];
    [super viewDidLoad];
}

//---hide the keyboard---
-(IBAction) doneEditing {
    [message resignFirstResponder];    
}

//---services found---
-(void)netServiceBrowser:(NSNetServiceBrowser *)aBrowser 
          didFindService:(NSNetService *)aService 

moreComing:(BOOL)more {
    [services addObject:aService];
    debug.text = [debug.text stringByAppendingString:
 

                

;    @"Found service. Resolving address...\n"];
    [self resolveIPAddress:aService];
}

//---services removed from the network---
-(void)netServiceBrowser:(NSNetServiceBrowser *)aBrowser 
        didRemoveService:(NSNetService *)aService 

moreComing:(BOOL)more {
    [services removeObject:aService];
    debug.text = [debug.text stringByAppendingFormat:@"Removed: %@\n", 
 


                

;    [aService hostName]];
    [self.tbView reloadData];
}

//---resolve the IP address of a service---
-(void) resolveIPAddress:(NSNetService *)service {    
    NSNetService *remoteService = service;
    remoteService.delegate = self;
    [remoteService resolveWithTimeout:0];
}

//---managed to resolve---
-(void)netServiceDidResolveAddress:(NSNetService *)service {
    NSString           *name = 

nil;
    NSData 

            *address = nil;
    struct sockaddr_in *socketAddress = nil;
    NSString 

          *ipString = nil;
    int 

               port;

    for(int i=0;i < [[service addresses] count]; i++ )
    {
        name = [service name];
        address = [[service addresses] objectAtIndex: i];
        socketAddress = (struct sockaddr_in *) [address 

bytes];
        ipString = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%s", 
 

           inet_ntoa(socketAddress->s

in_addr)];
        port = socketAddress->sin_port;
        debug.text = [debug.text stringByAppendingFormat:
            @"Resolved: 

%@-->%@:%hu\n", [service hostName], ipString, port];
    }
    [self.tbView reloadData];
}

//---did not managed to resolve---
-(void)netService:(NSNetService *)service 
    didNotResolve:(NSDictionary *)errorDict {
    debug.text = [debug.text stringByAppendingFormat:
 

                

;    @"Could not resolve: %@\n", errorDict];
}

- (void)dealloc {
    [tbView release];
    [message release];
    [debug release];
    
    [browser release];
    [services release];
    
    [super dealloc];
}

@end

There is quite a bit of coding involved here. So, let's take a more detailed look.

First, you defined the browseServices method, which uses the NSNetServiceBrowser class to search for the service named "_MyService._tcp." in the default domain.

As services are discovered, the netServiceBrowser: didFindService:moreComing: method will be called. In this method, you will add all the discovered services into the services mutable array. You will also try to resolve the IP address of the discovered service by calling the resolveIPAddress: method, which you will define.

The resolveIPAddress: method uses the resolveWithTimeout: method of the NSNetService instance (representing the service that was discovered) to obtain its IP address. If it managed to resolve the IP address, the netServiceDidResolveAddress: method will be called. If it did not managed to resolve the IP address, the netService:didNotResolve: method will be called.

In the netServiceDidResolveAddress: method, you extract the IP addresses of the service. You then try to reload the TableView.

When services are removed from the network, the netServiceBrowser:didRemoveService: method will be called, and hence in this method you will remove the service from the services mutable array.

The rest of the code involves load the TableView with the host name of the services that have been discovered.

Testing the Application

Figure 3: Discovering services published on the same network.

That's it! Try deploying the application onto two devices (one on the iPhone Simulator and one on a real device). When the application is running, it will search for all services published on the same network. As services are discovered, you will be able to see the their names appear in the TableView (see Figure 3).

Summary

In this article, you have seen how to publish a service on the network and how to discover them on the local network. In the next article, I will show you how you can communicate with another device on the network using TCP/IP.

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