How can I get the IP address of an iPhone and access the internal HTTP server?
I want functionality exactly like the CJournal app, to get the backup files in my desktop computer while both it and the iPhone are on the same network, using a dynamically generated link based on the IP address.
This is the screenshot from CJournal app , i made a backup for my contacts list through this app then it generated an url which is clearly shown in the image, in the url 192.168.2.7 is IP address of my iphone in my Wi-Fi network. now please suggest me how to generate this url and how to maintain or access the internal http server through my app
Have you already tried Zeroconf aka Bonjour? This is a DNS Protokol for Service and Device Discovery which is often used in Apple Environments (eg. Airplay) There is also a Windows Framework provided by Apple. On Linux Devices: take a look into Avahi which seems to be the most complete Solution at the Moment. If you need Help on implementation, take a look at the latest WWDC Videos - there have been several Sessions in the last few years.
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Hello I'm working with an hardware team to a really nice device that we can connect through with an iOS application. Currently we are using an ip address to perform calls on this device and it is working perfectly. Since we read about the new ATS specifics by Apple, we are trying to move the connection to a .local domain instead of using an IP address, so that we can configure domains exceptions in the App Transport Security Settings. We are experiencing a lot of problems trying to connect to the .local domains from the App... it seems that the DNS is never resolved. Are there any known bug related to .local domain? I seen some very old bugs... but nothing related to iOS 10/9.
Note: Currently to connect to the device we have to put the device in Access Point mode and from iOS settings we choose it as "wi-fi" router.
You're looking for Zero configuration networking, specifically DNS Service Discovery, an industry standard that Apple markets as Bonjour. That's what allows a device to list its services for DNS discovery through the .local top-level domain.
"Publication: An Example" in Apple's Bonjour guide is a good place to start for understanding what you'd need to do to implement this as a hardware vendor.
I have implemented a web service on my mac and I am able to access its functionalities through the url "http://localhost:8080/ServiceApp-war/resources/".
As I got satisfying results that I could see in the iPhone simulator in Xcode, I decided to connect my iPhone and test on it. But for this to work I think I need to change the "localhost" in my URL to the IP address of my mac.
I tried to replace it with my public IP address and I got a "could not connect to the server" error on my console. I also tried to replace "localhost" with the IP address I found in System Preferences-->Network-->Wi-Fi and I could see that it was working on the simulator but still nothing when I connect my iPhone and run the application on it.
Please provide a solution for accessing my web service remotely.
Thank you.
Create hotspot from your mac, connect to it with your iPhone and try again.
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Try some service for temporary domain, it will make your computer accessible from anywhere.
How do you "connect" your iPhone? USB connection does not create a network. Well, it does create if you turn on Personal Hotspot on your iPhone (maybe in some other cases, dunno). But the most simple way is to connect Mac and iPhone to the same WiFi network.
Once connected, you can use any of "ping" apps available on App Store. Just look for "ping" (some kind of "network reachability test" or so). You can check if your Mac is really reachable on the network.
If it's not reachable, check your network settings on both devices: do they belong to the same subnet, do they use the same gateway, etc.
If your Mac is reachable with ping, then you should deal with your web service. I setup the web server (which is already distributed within OS X): it already has all the settings to allow other devices to connect. But your web service may require some additional setup. It's two basic things: it should bind to your IP address (please check http://YOUR.IP:8080/ServiceApp-war/resources/ from your Mac!) and second, accept incoming connections from other agents, you should find it somewhere in its settings.
Ngrok was the perfect solution I was looking for.
https://ngrok.com
You could also try finch, which is similar to ngrok. It has a nice friendly GUI. https://meetfinch.com
Is there any way to communicate between two devices or application with Browser of other devices without having Server in the middle?
If I explain, actually I want to share data between iPhone application and Browser of Desktop, I tried HTTPServer, & played with WebSocket too, but in these case this server plays an important role in between. So If somehow I exchange data between two peers like IP Address, Port number, Then Is it possible to communicate between those two devices using Wi-fi channel without having Server in Middle?
The Way, Right now I have implemented.
The way, I am looking for.
I recently came across http://www.freedomjs.org/ which is suppose to provide p2p functionality in the browser.
I'd like to see the request / responses that an iphone app makes.
I mostly work on web apps, and I can use firebug / fiddler to see them. But how can I see incoming/outgoing traffic of an iOS app, if im running it on my wireless?
The Charles Web Proxy (and I believe Fiddler as well) allow connections from external hosts, when configured properly. In Charles, you will need to make sure your iPhone is added to the Access Control List in Proxy -> Access Control Settings.
After that, you can simply set your iPhone's proxy to your computer's Charles or Fiddler instance. In my case, my local desktop is at 192.168.10.1, thus my iPhone's proxy is set to:
192.168.10.1:8888
One problem, however, may be if you want to decrypt SSL traffic. It may be difficult to get the iPhone to add Fiddler or Charles' certificate to the keychain.
You could share your mac wireless to the iphone
And then use some tool, i personally use http://www.charlesproxy.com/ for these kind of issues
You could pick a tool from
https://superuser.com/questions/99870/mac-wireshark-alternatives
I develop an enterprise application for iOS and the user should be able to add files from the desktop to the application.
I implemented this using filesharing, which works great.
Now this company wants to get rid of iTunes from their machines (which is quite understandable, iTunes is a very invasive process).
The question is, is it still possible to somehow use filesharing without iTunes? maybe with another application?
Or what other way is there to send files to the app (preferrably without the need of an internet connection)
//edit: must work on windows 7 and must not require to install iTunes (there are some other tools that allow access to the iPad filesystem, but they go through drivers installed by iTunes)
You could exchange data via the local wireless network (a connection to the internet is not required, just the iOS device and the Windows computer need to be on the same network).
One option:
You can then create a simple TCP/IP connection over sockets between an iOS app and a Windows application and exchange the data you want.
However you probably need to implement a suitable simple Windows application to do this.
An other, maybe simpler, solution:
You could start a webserver in your iOS-App and show it's IP on the screen. By entering this IP in a browser on the desktop computer you can access websites on the iOS device, which can make documents available for download or receive uploads.
For how to do this, have a look at this question.
There are a number of ways to achieve this, ranging from trivial to sophisticated.
Your question says that you would prefer to avoid an internet connection. Simple solutions may require it - if you want to abstract the difficult parts, you're going to have to let somebody do the dirty work, and that's probably going to be someone(thing) on the internet. Midrange solutions may require a network but not internet connection. A sophisticated solution could probably be whatever you want - but one thing I would say, is that trying to tap into the USB connector is either going to result in a hacktastic or very complicated solution to implement.
One method would be to integrate a third party framework that basically does what your looking for. Look at the Dropbox development kit, for example - allowing Windows (or any platform) users to drop files on their desktops into a shared dropbox, and this can then be read by an iOS application which includes the iOS drobox API.
Another method would be to setup a simple WebDAV server in your office. Host it on a windows box, or a cheap linux box. Give users desktop's access to the share via whatever protocol you want (eg, Windows File Sharing). Then you'd implement a WebDAV client in your app (eg, WTClient) to pull files.
Finally, you could build your own transmission system. A sophisticated example might involve Bonjour and TCP/IP, a simpler-but-custom solution may involve a simple JSON web service running off a local (or remote) server.
I have suggestion but that will require the Internet. I would suggest you to use the DropBox API in the windows and iPhone both. It's awesome to use and very simple for file sharing.
Now a days everybody have dropbox account and have files in it to share. So that shouldn't cost anything other than a bit of implementation (this learning can also be used in other file sharing applications).
Here are some guidance:
iOS
REST API
You can add apps and documents to USB-connected devices with the Apple Configurator
You may use a simple Ftp server installed on PC, so you can connect to server from Ios and upload/download files from iOS to PC....
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/Networking/Conceptual/CFNetwork/CFFTPTasks/CFFTPTasks.html
All work is done by Pc and your app will use IP (Intranet or Internet) of PC to share all files.
From Ios you can read all files in FTP server and work with them.
I use the FileBrowser app to get access to network shares over WiFi and will allow you to load supported files to the device. The company responsible is creating an API to allow you to do this within your own app: https://twitter.com/#!/Stratospherix/status/193114857271336960