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monkeyswarm / MobMuPlat

MobMuPlat is an iOS & Android app to host PureData patches with custom visual interfaces and hardware access.
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Cannot enter domain names into Broadcast IP Address field on iOS #69

Open alexmlucas opened 4 years ago

alexmlucas commented 4 years ago

I've been using MobMuPlat to send OSC messages over the internet to my computer from Android devices that are not on my local network.

To work around my Dynamic IP address constantly changing, I used No-IP to create a Dynamic Domain Name Server, providing a fixed domain name to send the OSC message to. The domain name is in the format username.hopto.org

Whilst I've been able to enter this domain name into the Broadcast IP Address field on Android, I cannot on iOS. The domain name is removed and replaced with the default multicast address after pressing the Done button on the keyboard.

monkeyswarm commented 4 years ago

It appears that iOS validates the IP format, while Android does not.

When you enter an arbitrary string on Android, does it actually work (i.e. are messages actually received by the non-local device)?

alexmlucas commented 4 years ago

Thanks for replying so quickly. Yes, it does work on Android - messages are received by the non-local device.