Returning the localplayer details in GameKit

bowerandy

Hi @atilim,

I take it that the iOS GameKit plugin is maintained by Gideros, is that right? If so, I have made a simple modification that you may wish to include in the next release. This is to return the local player details (such as id and alias) as part of the authentication event. This is useful information to have available.

The change is simply to replace the current authenticate() function with:

void authenticate() { if (isAvailable() == NO) return;   [[GKLocalPlayer localPlayer] authenticateWithCompletionHandler:^(NSError* error) { // Let's answer details of the local player in a players array NSArray *players= [NSArray arrayWithObject: [GKLocalPlayer localPlayer]]; dispatchEvent(AUTHENTICATE_COMPLETE, error, NULL, players, NULL, NULL); }]; }

Then one can get at the info up in Gideros like this:

function Game:onAuthenticateComplete(event) if event.errorCode ~= nil then print("error while authentication: "..event.errorDescription) else self.isGameCenterAuthenticated=true self.gameCenterAlias=event.players[1].alias print(string.format("authentication of %s successful. now loading friends...", self.gameCenterAlias)) gamekit:loadFriends() end end

Best regards

atilim

Thank you @bowerandy. If it's ok for you, I'll prefer passing local player info in event.localPlayer field instead of event.players[1]. Now I'm integrating your suggestion to gamekit.mm.

bowerandy

@atilim, yes that's fine for me. I only did it that way avoid writing extra code. I'd be interested in knowing your policy for adding the new field. Are you adding an extra parameter to dispatchEvent() to do it?

I ask because I have just added a loadLeaderboard(category, timeScope, playerScope, startIndex, endIndex) function to the plugin and I've added a (scores) parameter to dispatchEvent() to do this. I hope this is the recommended way.

Would you like me to send you my recent changes too?

Best regards

atilim

I'd be interested in knowing your policy for adding the new field. Are you adding an extra parameter to dispatchEvent() to do it?

Yes. The only disadvantage is when the number of fields increases, the number of NULLs increases too.

I can send you the changes in a couple of hours.

Btw, if you want, we can integrate loadLeaderboard/scores changes into gamekit.mm so that these additions will be permanent and officially supported.

bowerandy

Yes, that's fine by me. Let me send you the whole file, probably towards the end of the day and you can merge the changes with your copy and make an alterations that you see fit. If you could return me the merge that would be helpful.

Best regards

atilim

That will be great.