Is it mandatory to use NWConnectionGroup to communicate with a group of endpoints on a local network? Or can we continue to use Sockets to send and receive multicast packets?
If NWConnectionGroup is not mandatory does an App still requires com.apple.developer.networking.multicast restricted entitlement?
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Is it mandatory to use NWConnectionGroup to communicate with a group of endpoints on a local network? Or can we continue to use Sockets to send and receive multicast packets?
If NWConnectionGroup is not mandatory does an App still requires com.apple.developer.networking.multicast restricted entitlement?
Just to be clear, even when my deployment target is iOS 14+, I can continue to use BSD Sockets correct? NWConnectionGroup is just a recommendation that developers can consider at their wish correct?
Yes. Indeed, if you have existing BSD Sockets code it makes sense to stick with that. You should re-evaluate that decision once your deployment target hits iOS 14 and you can thus rely on NWConnectionGroup.