MCBrowserViewController has limit to 7 invitees

Question

I am trying to hook communication of 10 iPad's with one iPad.

MCBrowserViewController launches a view controller which will allow to select the Invitees.

It say's "Choose 1 to 7 invitees". As soon as I select One iPad in the network, it says "Choose up to 6 more invitees".

So, is the communication limited to 7 device's? How can will I be able to add 3 other devices? Is the limit related only to MCBrowserController?

Answer 1

No device can be connected to more than seven other devices at the same time. The limit is related to bluetooth, not MCBrowserViewController . In order to connect 10 iPads, you will need to create a chain or a tree of devices.

By constructing a chain of connected iPads I have successfully connected 12 devices. Sending messages down the chain is still reasonably fast. A binary tree of connections is better as you end up with shorter chains but managing those connections is challenging to say the least.