Access iPhone from Windows

c++, iphone

Solution

Checkout Bonjour. It's a service discovery protocol by Apple and there is a windows implementation available. Apple has released various samples that you can use as a starting point. Checkout this sample game WiTap to get started. And for a broader overview, this tutorial might be good. Once you discover a network device or machine, you can use whatever data format is convenient such as XML, JSON, home-grown, or binary.

Problem

I've seen a couple programs running in Windows that could access the iPhone and iTouch with access to the photo library and music. What APIs are used for this kind of development?

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