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Reputation: 2154

How to use External Accessory Framework without having a protocol from the MFi program

We are planning to build a external device that will connect to the iPhone through the lightning port. The device is already working when you conect it via USB to a Mac.

We know we have to apply to the MFi program but in the meantime, is there any way to use the current external device with a development account and just for testing porpuses, without having a protocol string yet. We will like to use it in a initial phase, mesure efficent and building everything for the future release when we are in the MFi program.

I know I can use the EADemo, but running this project won't show any device if we don't provide a protocol for the external device ( which we don't have because we haven't applied to the MFi yet ).

For the same reason, we can't set up the External Accessory Framework in a test project without having a protocol:

 Applications that support external accessories must be sure to configure their Info.plist file correctly. 
 Specifically, you must include the UISupportedExternalAccessoryProtocols key to declare the specific hardware protocols your application supports

Thanks

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Answers (1)

xarly
xarly

Reputation: 2154

Answer from Apple:

No. But even if there were that wouldn’t help because the accessory needs to speak a specific protocol in order to communicate with the iOS device, and the details of that protocol are only available via MFi.

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