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UDP Listener on iOS 14
Hi all, I have a question regarding how to set up a UDP listener on iOS 14. I have a UDP listener which has worked in the past, but after updating to iOS 14 it works sporadically/not at all. This lives in an NSObject, and listens for a UDP broadcast across the local network on port 15000 (no specific IP address). It uses the CocoaAsyncSocket library. When I call setUpSocket() local network permissions are not triggered, but the app is able to sporadically pick up UDP packets. var socket: GCDAsyncUdpSocket? var broadcastPort: UInt16 = 15000 var broadcastAddress: String = "" var connectAddress = "" var connectPort = 0 func setUpSocket() {     findUDP()     let socket = GCDAsyncUdpSocket(delegate: self, delegateQueue: DispatchQueue.main)           socket.setIPv4Enabled(true)     socket.setIPv6Enabled(false)           do {       try socket.bind(toPort: broadcastPort) /*15000*/       try socket.enableBroadcast(false)       try socket.beginReceiving()             } catch let error as NSError {               print("Issue with setting up listener \(error)")             }         } /*Called when UDP packets are received.*/ func udpSocket(_ sock: GCDAsyncUdpSocket, didReceive data: Data, fromAddress: Data, withFilterContext filterContext: Any?) {           do {       let jsonDictionary = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: []) as! [String : Any]               if (connected == false) {         if (jsonDictionary["Addresses"] != nil) {           if (jsonDictionary["Addresses"] is NSArray) {             let addresses = jsonDictionary["Addresses"] as! NSArray                           for i in addresses {               let ipAddress:String = i as! String               if (ipAddress.range(of: "^([0-9]{1,3}\\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}(\\/([0-9]|[1-2][0-9]|3[0-2]))?$", options: .regularExpression) != nil) {                 connectAddress = ipAddress               }             }             connectPort = jsonDictionary["Port"] as! Int           }             			/*Sets up a TCP connection on the IP and Port provided in the UDP broadcast.*/ 			setupNetworkCommunication(ip: connectAddress, port: connectPort)                      closeSocket()         }       }             } catch let error {       return print(error)     }   } How can I update this to comply with iOS 14? If I need to update to use Bonjour services, how can I listen on a port without specifying an address (and without having to look for a specific Bonjour service broadcast, because the broadcast I'm looking for doesn't use Bonjour). Is it acceptable to quickly open and close a Bonjour NWBrowser in order to trigger the network permissions, and then use my code as-is? This seems to work but seems hacky at best. Thanks in advance.
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