Question

I do have a java server. I am trying to build IPhone application that connect to the server. Also sends and receives messages. I a little confused about using CFReadStreamRef and CFWriteStreamRef. How can I pair the socket with the streams successfully. This is what i have:

fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
emset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
addr.sin_len    = sizeof(addr);
addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
addr.sin_port   = htons(port);//0;
inet_aton("192.168.1.101", &addr.sin_addr.s_addr);

CFSocketContext context = { 0, self, NULL, NULL, NULL };

listeningSocket = CFSocketCreateWithNative( NULL, fd,kCFSocketConnectCallBack, AcceptCallback, &context);

CFDataRef connectAddr = CFDataCreate(NULL, (unsigned char *)&addr, sizeof(addr));
CFSocketConnectToAddress(self.listeningSocket, connectAddr, -1);

// As soon as i get the Connect call back into my function I try to pair the streams to the socket
CFReadStreamRef     readStreamm;
CFWriteStreamRef    writeStreamm;

CFStreamCreatePairWithSocket(NULL, CFSocketGetNative(listeningSocket), &readStreamm, &writeStreamm);
[readStream scheduleInRunLoop:[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] forMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode];
[writeStream scheduleInRunLoop:[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] forMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode];

[readStream open];
[writeStream open];

However when i try to write or read from the stream is returning an error (-1). Another question I have if I use readStream or writeStream open, and if it was successful. Is that mean that I am already connected to the server?? or do I actually have to call CFSocketConnectToAddress . I am just trying to figure out if i need to use both the connectToAdderss and stream open. Or I should use one or the other.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I recommend using cocoaasyncsocket. Its is a lightweight wrapper to make socket-based communication much easier. Just now I am workin on communication between iPhone and a network device. It works flawless.

[sock writeData:[@"Hello World" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] withTimeout:-1 tag:1];