i’m looking for a way to connect two devices using Bluetooth in Unity iOS and Android Basic for Multiplayer-Gaming.
I found:
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AllJoyn by Qualcomm – Bluetooth works apparently only with Root-Android Devices and currently not with iOS.
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iOS GameKit Local Multiplayer by prime31 – Only for iOS.
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Bonjour Plugin by Gregzo – Not Bluetooth but a other local-multiplayer solution only for iOS.
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TNet: Not Bluetooth, only for Android and iOS Pro
Has anyone any other solution (especially for Android)?
I would be grateful for any help. Also for other p2p-Unity-Solutions.
For Ships N’ Battles (a cross platform multiplayer game Unity authored) we have built several ways to perform a multiplayer game:
via Bluetooth (using Prime31 plugin)
I’ve never seen a game with multiplayer between iOS and Android using Bluetooth.
via LAN (using Unity RPC)
The players can start combats in a Local Area Network with any of above devices: iOS vs iOS, iOS vs Android, Android vs Mac, and so on.
via Game Center (using Prime31 plugin)
Uses the Game Center multiplayer to match combats.
via Global Server (an in-house solution)
The players can start combats around the world with any of above devices: iOS vs iOS, iOS vs Android, Android vs Mac, and so on.
For this solution we have built a online server, but you can use something like Photon.