I am trying to pull the turn based games in which a player is participating in order to populate my tableView.
This is my function to pull their games:
- (void) loadMatchDataWithArray:(NSMutableArray*)currentGames Flag:(bool*)returned
{
NSMutableArray* __block blockGames = currentGames;
bool* __block blockReturn = returned;
[GKTurnBasedMatch loadMatchesWithCompletionHandler:^(NSArray *matches, NSError *error)
{
if (matches)
{
for (int i = 0; i < matches.count; i++)
{
[(GKTurnBasedMatch*)matches[i] loadMatchDataWithCompletionHandler: ^(NSData *matchData, NSError *error)
{
int size = [matchData length];
if (size != 0)
{
Game* game = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:matchData];
[blockGames addObject:game];
}
else
{
Game* game = [[Game alloc] init];
[blockGames addObject:game];
game.activePlayer = [GKLocalPlayer localPlayer];
}
*blockReturn = true;
}];
}
}
else
{
*blockReturn = true;
}
}];
}
And this is where I call it:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
[[self tableView]
setBackgroundView:[[UIImageView alloc]
initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"iPhoneBackground-568h"]]];
bool* returned = false;
[[GKMatchHelper sharedInstance] loadMatchDataWithArray:currentGames Flag:returned];
while (!returned);
[self.tableView reloadData];
// Uncomment the following line to preserve selection between presentations.
// self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = NO;
// Uncomment the following line to display an Edit button in the navigation bar for this view controller.
// self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;
}
Sadly, this is just giving me a blank black screen and never returns. Is there a way that I can detect when my block comes back and display a loading spinner until then, at which point I would reload the table?
EDIT:
I have revised my code and brought the function inside my MainMenuViewController, and now it builds but never displays the data.
- (void) loadMatchData
{
NSMutableArray* __block blockGames = currentGames;
MainMenuViewController* __weakSelf = self;
[GKTurnBasedMatch loadMatchesWithCompletionHandler:^(NSArray *matches, NSError *error)
{
if (matches)
{
for (int i = 0; i < matches.count; i++)
{
[(GKTurnBasedMatch*)matches[i] loadMatchDataWithCompletionHandler: ^(NSData *matchData, NSError *error)
{
int size = [matchData length];
if (size != 0)
{
Game* game = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:matchData];
[blockGames addObject:game];
}
else
{
Game* game = [[Game alloc] init];
[blockGames addObject:game];
game.activePlayer = [GKLocalPlayer localPlayer];
}
[__weakSelf.tableView reloadData];
}];
}
}
[__weakSelf.tableView reloadData];
}];
[__weakSelf.tableView reloadData];
}
And now in my ViewDidLoad I just call:
[self loadMatchData];
Oh dear. Do NOT halt the program execution with "while" loops!
Why not simply call [self.tableView reloadData] at the end of your block?
So,
Remove the last 2 lines in the viewDidLoad method
Replace *blockReturn = true; with [self.tableView reloadData] (you might need to keep a weak reference to 'self' to avoid retain cycles)
Never ever use while (this and that) to wait for an operation to complete. A non-responsive UI is bad and it will cause the users to abandon your app.
I'm trying to simply search for videos using a query, which is working perfectly using the below code.
// Create a service object for executing queries
GTLServiceYouTube *service = [[GTLServiceYouTube alloc] init];
// Services which do not require sign-in may need an API key from the
// API Console
service.APIKey = #"AIzaSy...";
// Create a query
GTLQueryYouTube *query = [GTLQueryYouTube queryForSearchListWithPart:#"id,snippet"];
query.maxResults = 10;
query.q = searchBar.text;
query.videoEmbeddable = #"true";
query.type = #"video";
//query.country = #"US";
// Execute the query
GTLServiceTicket *ticket = [service executeQuery:query
completionHandler:^(GTLServiceTicket *ticket, id object, NSError *error) {
// This callback block is run when the fetch completes
if (error == nil) {
GTLYouTubeSearchListResponse *products = object;
[videoArray removeAllObjects];
// iteration of items and subscript access to items.
for (GTLYouTubeSearchResult *item in products) {
NSMutableDictionary *dictionary = [item JSONValueForKey:#"id"];
NSLog(#"%#", [dictionary objectForKey:#"videoId"]);
YoutubeVideo *video = [[YoutubeVideo alloc]init];
[video setLblTitle:item.snippet.title];
//Get youtube video image
[video setImgIconURL:[NSURL URLWithString:item.snippet.thumbnails.defaultProperty.url]];
[video setLblVideoURL:[dictionary objectForKey:#"videoId"]];
[video setLblChannelTitle:item.snippet.channelTitle];
[videoArray addObject:video];
}
reloadData = YES;
[tableView reloadData];
//Download images asynchronously
[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:#selector(downloadImages)
toTarget:self
withObject:nil];
}else{
NSLog(#"Error: %#", error.description);
}
}];
However, now I'd like to display certain information about the video. Some of this information I can get out of
item.snippet
But I also need to get the video duration, and number of views. How can I get them using Youtube API 3.0?? I also had an idea to try using GData just for this, but it literally triples the load time to use
NSString *JSONString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/%#?v=2&alt=json", [video lblVideoURL]]] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil ];
How do I get the duration of the video, plus the number of views the video has?
Search query only accept ID and Snippet as parts. If you change to Video List Query you can include other parts, but you have to use one of the filters.
I think you'll have to get the video ID with the search query and do another query (Now a video query) filtering by ID (the Id you got), than you can get all other information of the videos you searched.
The problem is i'm having trouble getting the video ID, i think the API use the word "identifier" instead of "id" because it's a reserved word of objective-c.
Edit: Yeah, it was just a matter of time, just request my GTLYoutubeSearchResponse.JSON, an manipulated it as i wanted.
FIRST QUERY:
GTLQueryYouTube *query = [GTLQueryYouTube queryForSearchListWithPart:#"id,snippet"];
query.maxResults = 10;
query.q = #"iphone";
query.fields = #"items(id,snippet)";
query.order = #"viewCount";
//query.channelId = #"UCsnbNwitAF9BzjjdMfRyK2g";//Kavaco
[appDelegate.service executeQuery:query
completionHandler:^(GTLServiceTicket *ticket,
id object,
NSError *error) {
if (error == nil) {
appDelegate.videos = object;
[self performSegueWithIdentifier:#"videoList" sender:self];
}
else {
NSLog(#"%#", error.description);
}
}];
SECOND QUERY: In my TableViewController, inside my cellForRowAtIndexPath i do another query for each video i found. Be sure to request only the variables you need to avoid spending your credits, in my case i requested only viewCount.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"myCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
GTLYouTubeVideo *video = appDelegate.videos[indexPath.row];
NSMutableDictionary *videoIdJson = [video.JSON objectForKey:#"id"];
NSString *videoId = [videoIdJson objectForKey:#"videoId"];
cell.textLabel.text = video.snippet.title;
GTLQueryYouTube *query = [GTLQueryYouTube queryForVideosListWithPart:#"statistics"];
query.identifier = videoId;
query.maxResults = 1;
query.fields = #"items/statistics(viewCount)";
[appDelegate.service executeQuery:query
completionHandler:^(GTLServiceTicket *ticket,
id object,
NSError *error) {
if (error == nil) {
GTLYouTubeVideoListResponse *detalhe = object;
NSMutableDictionary *responseJSON = detalhe.JSON;
NSArray *tempArray = [responseJSON objectForKey:#"items"];
NSMutableDictionary *items = tempArray[0];
NSMutableDictionary *statistics = [items objectForKey:#"statistics"];
_views = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:#"Views: %#",[statistics objectForKey:#"viewCount"]];
cell.detailTextLabel.text = _views;
}
else {
NSLog(#"%#", error.description);
}
}];
cell.detailTextLabel.text = _views;
return cell;
}
Hope it helps.
Collect the id from search API and do another video list API call is the proper way to do what you want to achieve. The video list API call can put multiple video ids separate by comma in the same call. The extra call shouldn't consider exhausting because this is expected behavior on API v3:
Project Member #1 je...#google.com
That's the expected behavior, and not likely to change. Since the
search.list() method can return channels, videos, and playlists, only
properties that make sense for all of those resource types are
returned in the search responses. If you need to obtain any other
properties, making a follow-up request to, e.g., videos.list() is
required. Note that you can pass in up to 50 video ids to
videos.list(), so you can effectively look up an entire page's worth
of search.list() results in a single video.list() call.
If you try https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/videos/list#try-it , you set contentDetails,statistics as the part, you should able to get the following result:
"contentDetails": {
"duration": "PT20M38S",
"dimension": "2d",
"definition": "hd",
"caption": "false",
"licensedContent": false
},
"statistics": {
"viewCount": "191",
"likeCount": "7",
"dislikeCount": "0",
"favoriteCount": "0",
"commentCount": "0"
}
PT20M38S means 20 minutes and 38 seconds, based on ISO 8601(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601)
The best way for make this is:
if (!service) {
service = [[GTLServiceYouTube alloc] init];
service.shouldFetchNextPages = YES;
service.shouldFetchInBackground = YES;
service.retryEnabled = YES;
service.APIKey = #"AIzaSyDSO2JPnM_r9VcDrDJJs_d_7Li2Ttk2AuU";
}
[youtubeList removeAllObjects];
GTLQueryYouTube *query = [GTLQueryYouTube queryForSearchListWithPart:#"id"];
query.maxResults = 50;
query.q = withText;
query.fields = #"items(id)";
query.order = #"viewCount";
query.type = #"video";
// query.videoDuration = #"long";//any-long-medium-short
__block NSInteger incrementRequest = 0;
[service executeQuery:query completionHandler:^(GTLServiceTicket *ticket, id object, NSError *error) {
if (error) {
NSLog(#"Error is!! = %#", error.localizedDescription);
return;
}
GTLYouTubeVideoListResponse *idsResponse = object;
for (GTLYouTubeVideoListResponse *videoInfo in object) {
[youtubeList addObject:videoInfo.JSON];
GTLQueryYouTube *query2 = [GTLQueryYouTube queryForVideosListWithIdentifier:[[videoInfo.JSON valueForKey:#"id"] valueForKey:#"videoId"] part:#"id,contentDetails,snippet,statistics"];
query2.maxResults = 1;
query2.fields = #"items(id,contentDetails,snippet,statistics)";
query2.order = #"viewCount";
[service executeQuery:query2 completionHandler:^(GTLServiceTicket *ticket, id object, NSError *error) {
if (error) {
NSLog(#"Error is!! = %#", error.localizedDescription);
return;
}
GTLYouTubeVideoListResponse *detalhe = object;
for (NSMutableDictionary *tmpDict in youtubeList) {
if ([[[tmpDict valueForKey:#"id"] valueForKey:#"videoId"] isEqualToString:[[[detalhe.JSON valueForKey:#"items"] objectAtIndex:0] valueForKey:#"id"]]) {
[tmpDict removeObjectForKey:#"id"];
//condition personal
if (![Utils parseISO8601TimeIsGrater30:[[[[detalhe.JSON valueForKey:#"items"] objectAtIndex:0] valueForKey:#"contentDetails"] valueForKey:#"duration"]]) {
BOOL isBlockedInUs = NO;
for (NSString *countryRestric in [[[[[detalhe.JSON valueForKey:#"items"] objectAtIndex:0] valueForKey:#"contentDetails"] valueForKey:#"regionRestriction"] valueForKey:#"blocked"]) {
if ([countryRestric isEqualToString:#"US"]) {
isBlockedInUs = YES;
break;
}
}
if (!isBlockedInUs) {
[tmpDict addEntriesFromDictionary:detalhe.JSON];
[tmpDict setValue:[[[[detalhe.JSON valueForKey:#"items"] objectAtIndex:0] valueForKey:#"snippet"] valueForKey:#"publishedAt"] forKey:#"publishedAt"];
} else {
[youtubeList removeObject:tmpDict];
}
} else {
[youtubeList removeObject:tmpDict];
}
break;
}
}
incrementRequest ++;
if ([idsResponse.items count] == incrementRequest) {
//Finish
[self.tableView reloadData];
}
}];
}
}];
I'm trying to implement a real-time multiplayer game with a custom UI (no GKMatchMakerViewController). I'm using startBrowsingForNearbyPlayersWithReachableHandler:
^(NSString *playerID, BOOL reachable) to find a local player, and then initiating a match request with the GKMatchmaker singleton (which I have already initiated).
Here's where I'm having trouble. When I send a request, the completion handler fires almost immediately, without an error, and the match it returns has an expected player count of zero. Meanwhile, the other player definitely has not responded to the request.
Relevant code:
- (void) findMatch
{
GKMatchRequest *request = [[GKMatchRequest alloc] init];
request.minPlayers = NUM_PLAYERS_PER_MATCH; //2
request.maxPlayers = NUM_PLAYERS_PER_MATCH; //2
if (nil != self.playersToInvite)
{
// we always successfully get in this if-statement
request.playersToInvite = self.playersToInvite;
request.inviteeResponseHandler = ^(NSString *playerID, GKInviteeResponse
response)
{
[self.delegate updateUIForPlayer: playerID accepted: (response ==
GKInviteeResponseAccepted)];
};
}
request.inviteMessage = #"Let's Play!";
[self.matchmaker findMatchForRequest:request
withCompletionHandler:^(GKMatch *match, NSError *error) {
if (error) {
// Print the error
NSLog(#"%#", error.localizedDescription);
}
else if (match != nil)
{
self.currentMatch = match;
self.currentMatch.delegate = self;
// All players are connected
if (match.expectedPlayerCount == 0)
{
// start match
[self startMatch];
}
[self stopLookingForPlayers];
}
}];
}
Figured it out! I needed to call - (void)matchForInvite:(GKInvite *)invite completionHandler:(void (^)(GKMatch *match, NSError *error))completionHandler in my invitation handler so that both players have the same match data.
I am not knowing anything about gamecentre.I am working on the COCO application
I had gone through gamecenter guide and get able to integrate the game center in my application.
1)
Now the i am able enter the score in the gamecentre through my application.
By doing this:-
- (void) reportScore: (int64_t) score forCategory: (NSString*) category
{
GKScore *scoreReporter = [[[GKScore alloc] initWithCategory:category] autorelease];
scoreReporter.value = score;
[scoreReporter reportScoreWithCompletionHandler: ^(NSError *error)
{
[self callDelegateOnMainThread: #selector(scoreReported:) withArg: NULL error: error];
}];
}
I is working properly uptil yesterday.But now if i tried to update the score it is not updating.Please any one know the reason y the score is not updating in the game center
I had tried to search out but not get anything.
2)I want to send the current latitude & longitude of one player to another.
I came to know that it is possible by GKMATCH
GKMatchRequest *request = [[[GKMatchRequest alloc] init] autorelease];
request.minPlayers = 1;
request.maxPlayers = 1;
[[GKMatchmaker sharedMatchmaker] findMatchForRequest:request
withCompletionHandler:^(GKMatch *match, NSError *error) {
if (error || !match) {
// handle the error
}
else if (match != nil){
// match found
}}];
/*GKMatchRequest *request = [[[GKMatchRequest alloc] init] autorelease];
request.minPlayers = 1;
request.maxPlayers = 1;
GKMatchmakerViewController *mmvc = [[GKMatchmakerViewController alloc] initWithMatchRequest:request];
mmvc.matchmakerDelegate = self;
currentMatch.delegate=self;
[self presentModalViewController:mmvc animated:YES];*/
//[mmvc release];
}
- (void)match:(GKMatch *)match player:(NSString *)playerID didChangeState:(GKPlayerConnectionState)state {
switch (state){
case GKPlayerStateConnected:
if (match.expectedPlayerCount == 0) {
// start the match
}
break;
case GKPlayerStateDisconnected:
// remove the player from the match, notify other players, etc
break;
}
}
- (void)matchmakerViewControllerWasCancelled:(GKMatchmakerViewController *)viewController{}
// Matchmaking has failed with an error
- (void)matchmakerViewController:(GKMatchmakerViewController *)viewController didFailWithError:(NSError *)error{
}
// A peer-to-peer match has been found, the game should start
- (void)matchmakerViewController:(GKMatchmakerViewController *)viewController didFindMatch:(GKMatch *)match{
}
// Players have been found for a server-hosted game, the game should start
- (void)matchmakerViewController:(GKMatchmakerViewController *)viewController didFindPlayers:(NSArray *)playerIDs{
}
// An invited player has accepted a hosted invite. Apps should connect through the hosting server and then update the player's connected state (using setConnected:forHostedPlayer:)
- (void)matchmakerViewController:(GKMatchmakerViewController *)viewController didReceiveAcceptFromHostedPlayer:(NSString *)playerID {
}
- (void) sendPosition
{
NSError *error;
NSString* str = #"teststring";
NSData* data = [str dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
// NSData *packet = [NSData dataWithBytes:&msg length:sizeof(PositionPacket)];
[currentMatch sendDataToAllPlayers: data withDataMode: GKMatchSendDataUnreliable error:&error];
if (error != nil)
{
// Handle the erro.r
}
}
But i dont know why but delegate method of GKMatchmakerViewController is not called i had set the delegate but still and even i ama not able to get GKMATCH (here currentMatch).
So due to this
[currentMatch sendDataToAllPlayers: data withDataMode: GKMatchSendDataUnreliable error:&error];
this method is not working.
as CurrentMatch refrence is 0X0.
Please help me out.How do i send and recive data.
M i doing anything wrong?OR is there any thing else to be done.
Please help me.
Thanks
I have built objectives for my game and everything works just fine accept the part of making the objectives not be called any more after any of them is completed.
I know there is a Property of the GKAchievement Class "completed" which is a boolean that returns yes when the Achievement is 100 percent done.
here is the method that called when a Achievement is 100 percent done it passes id which is the Achievement identifier and report the acheeee :
- (void)AchivmentDidAchive:(id)Achivment{
NSString *identifier = Achivment;
NSLog(#"%#",identifier);
self.achivment = [[GKAchievement alloc]initWithIdentifier:identifier];
self.achivment.showsCompletionBanner = YES;
if (!self.achivment.completed) {
self.achivment.percentComplete = 100;
NSLog(#"Reproting!");
[self.achivment reportAchievementWithCompletionHandler: ^(NSError *error)
{
}];
}
else {
NSLog(#"Achivment Completed!");
} }
what I am trying to do here is to set the percent completed to 100 and report it so in the next time ie want get called again.
but it always works... any better idea for how to handle this?
in interface add variable & property:
NSMutableDictionary *earnedAchievementCache;
#property (nonatomic, retain)NSMutableDictionary *earnedAchievementCache;
in .m:
#synthesize earnedAchievementCache;
- (void) submitAchievement: (NSString*) identifier percentComplete: (double) percentComplete
{
if(self.earnedAchievementCache == NULL)
{
[GKAchievement loadAchievementsWithCompletionHandler: ^(NSArray *scores, NSError *error)
{
if(error == NULL)
{
NSMutableDictionary* tempCache= [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity: [scores count]];
for (GKAchievement* score in scores)
{
[tempCache setObject: score forKey: score.identifier];
}
self.earnedAchievementCache= tempCache;
[self submitAchievement: identifier percentComplete: percentComplete];
}
}];
}
else
{
GKAchievement* achievement= [self.earnedAchievementCache objectForKey: identifier];
if(achievement != NULL)
{
if((achievement.percentComplete >= 100.0) || (achievement.percentComplete >= percentComplete))
{
achievement= NULL;
}
achievement.percentComplete= percentComplete;
}
else
{
achievement= [[[GKAchievement alloc] initWithIdentifier: identifier] autorelease];
achievement.percentComplete= percentComplete;
[self.earnedAchievementCache setObject: achievement forKey: achievement.identifier];
}
if(achievement!= NULL)
{
//Submit the Achievement...
if (achievement.percentComplete>=100) {
//show banner
achievement.showsCompletionBanner = YES; //only in IOS 5+
}
[achievement reportAchievementWithCompletionHandler: ^(NSError *error)
{
if (error!=NULL){
NSLog(#"Error!!");
} else NSLog(#"all is well");
}];
}
}
}
in dealloc :
[self.earnedAchievementCache release];
i'm using the cache to not submit scores already submitted / completed
PS: the code is perfect just copy and paste it into your class and it will work
this is what I use in my helper Game Center class:
-(void) reportAchievementWithID:(NSString*) AchievementID {
[GKAchievement loadAchievementsWithCompletionHandler:^(NSArray *achievements, NSError *error) {
if(error) NSLog(#"error");
for (GKAchievement *ach in achievements) {
if([ach.identifier isEqualToString:AchievementID]) { //already submitted
NSLog(#"Already submitted");
return ;
}
}
GKAchievement *achievementToSend = [[GKAchievement alloc] initWithIdentifier:AchievementID];
achievementToSend.percentComplete = 100;
achievementToSend.showsCompletionBanner = YES;
[achievementToSend reportAchievementWithCompletionHandler:NULL];
}];
}
note: I don't use percentages in my achievements, so you'd need to modify things a little bit if you do.