Re: debugging AirDrop (update)
Re: debugging AirDrop (update)
- Subject: Re: debugging AirDrop (update)
- From: "Gerriet M. Denkmann" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:52:39 +0700
Some Apple engineer asked me to do 3 to 5 reboots.
This sounded like voodoo to me, but I duly did 3 reboots.
Now my iPad gets discovered again (was undiscovered for a week, a reboot did not change anything).
Can anybody explain why 3 reboots ≠ 1 reboot?
Gerriet.
> On 28 May 2016, at 02:06, Jens Alfke <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> File a bug report with Apple!
>
> —Jens (who has intermittent troubles with AirDrop too)
>
>> On May 27, 2016, at 10:47 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 27 May 2016, at 23:18, Steve Christensen <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> I haven't worked with AirDrop, but I just looked at the docs and one of the delegate methods is -sharingService:didFailToShareItems:error:. Maybe if you implement that you can at least see what the specific error is?
>>>
>>
>> Well, it does not tell anything. Never gets called. The problem: if there is no-one found to share things with, then there can be no sharing, and thus no errors while sharing.
>>
>> “Invoked when the sharing service encountered an error when sharing items.”
>>
>> But thanks for the suggestion. It is better to have this delegate method implemented.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Gerriet.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On May 26, 2016, at 10:23 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have an OS X app (10.11.5) which has a button called AirDrop, which does:
>>>>
>>>> - (IBAction)airDrop: (NSButton *)sender
>>>> {
>>>> NSArray *shareItems = list of one or more urls of pdf files
>>>> NSSharingService *service = [ NSSharingService sharingServiceNamed: NSSharingServiceNameSendViaAirDrop];
>>>> service.delegate = self; // probably not needed
>>>> [service performWithItems:shareItems];
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Usually this just works:
>>>> I click the AirDrop button, a Panel slides down with a picture of the pdf (or a symbol for multiple files if more than one).
>>>> I grab my iPad (which has “AirDrop: Contacts Only" set) and unlock it.
>>>> The AirDrop panel on the Mac shows (after a few seconds) my Mac Login picture, I click it, and all is well.
>>>>
>>>> Sometimes it does not work correctly:
>>>> In this case I have to set the iPad to “AirDrop: Everyone". A generic user picture will appear on the Mac and it will still work.
>>>>
>>>> But sometimes it does not work at all:
>>>> I can do whatever (like restarting the iPad; restarting the Mac) but still no picture of a recipient will appear in the Mac AirDrop Panel.
>>>>
>>>> How can I debug this?
>>>>
>>>> Gerriet.
>>>>
>>>> Found some log messages, which seem to be related:
>>>>
>>>> Clicking my AirDrop button:
>>>>
>>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:41.630 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:41.629 : Bonjour discovery started
>>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:41.662 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:41.662 : BTLE advertiser Powered On
>>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:41.664 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:41.663 : BTLE advertising hashes <01ca38ce b5742b51 4900>
>>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:41.667 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:41.666 : SDBonjourBrowser::failedToStartAdvertisingWithError Error Domain=NSMachErrorDomain Code=8 "(os/kern) no access" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=wirelessproxd can't start advertising at this time.}
>>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:43.720 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:43.719 : SDBonjourBrowser::failedToStartAdvertisingWithError Error Domain=NSMachErrorDomain Code=8 "(os/kern) no access" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=wirelessproxd can't start advertising at this time.}
>>>>
>>>> Clicking “Cancel" in the AirDrop Panel:
>>>>
>>>> 27/05/2016 12:19:46.595 AirDrop[17426]: Error in CoreDragRemoveTrackingHandler: -1856
>>>> 27/05/2016 12:19:46.595 AirDrop[17426]: Error in CoreDragRemoveReceiveHandler: -1856
>>>> 27/05/2016 12:19:46.658 sharingd[17313]: 12:19:46.657 : Bonjour discovery stopped
>>>> 27/05/2016 12:19:46.671 sharingd[17313]: 12:19:46.671 : BTLE advertising stopped
>>>>
>>>> But still don’t know what to do.
>>>>
>>>> Gerriet.
>>>
>>
>>
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