Unable to connect XMPPFramework to Openfire server in iOS - ios

Question

I am working on an iOS chat app where user login to app. I've downloaded XMPPFramework from GitHub XMPPFramework. I am trying to connect XMPP framework with Openfire server by following this tutorial. Here is my code to connect XMPP to openfire.
- (BOOL)connect {
[self setupStream];
[xmppStream setHostName:#"192.168.1.5"];
[xmppStream setHostPort:5222];
NSString *jabberID = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] stringForKey:#"userID"];
NSString *myPassword = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] stringForKey:#"userPassword"];
if (![xmppStream isDisconnected])
return YES;
if (jabberID == nil || myPassword == nil)
return NO;
[xmppStream setMyJID:[XMPPJID jidWithString:jabberID]];
password = myPassword;
NSError *error = nil;
if (![xmppStream isConnected])
{
UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Error"
message:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"Can't connect to server %#", [error localizedDescription]]
delegate:nil
cancelButtonTitle:#"Ok"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alertView show];
return NO;
}
return YES;
}
The problem is when I run the app, it shows the alert can't connect to server. I have checked many questions on StackOverflow and tried googling but couldn't find any relevant solution. How to connect it to the Openfire serve? If I am doing anything wrong in my code please suggest me with a snippet of code or a tutorial to make this happen.

Answer 1

A host of possibilities.
Try adding break points at xmppStreamDidConnect and xmppStreamDidAuthenticate.
If xmppStreamDidConnect isn't reached, the connection is not established; you've to rectify your hostName.
If xmppStreamDidAuthenticate isn't reached, the user is not authenticated; you've to rectify your credentials i.e. username and/or password.
One common mistake is omitting of #domainname at the back of username i.e. username#domainname e.g. keithoys#openfireserver where domain name is openfireserver.

Answer 2

Hope this still relevant, if not, hopefully it will help others.
There are some issues with your code:
I don't see the call to connect, you should add something like this:
NSError *error = nil;
if (![_xmppStream connectWithTimeout:XMPPStreamTimeoutNone error:&error]) {
UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Error connecting"
message:#"Msg"
delegate:nil
cancelButtonTitle:#"Ok"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alertView show];
}
Most of the XMPP API is asynchronous.
You have to set the stream delegate in order to receive events.
Check out XMPPStreamDelegate and XMPPStream#addDelegate
If you don't want to go through the code yourself XMPPStream.h
, you can implement all methods of XMPPStreamDelegate and log the events. This will help you understand how the framework works.
Hope this helps, Yaron