PeerFinder.Start(String) | start(String) method

Delivers a message to a peer app on a proximate device.

Syntax

Windows.Networking.Proximity.PeerFinder.start(peerMessage);

Parameters

peerMessage

Type: String [JavaScript] | System.String [.NET] | Platform::String [C++]

The message to deliver to the proximate device.

Remarks

You can call the Start method to begin the process of finding a peer app and to make your app discoverable to remote peers that call the FindAllPeersAsync method. A peer is a computer that has an app running in the foreground with a matching AppId. A peer can also have a matching Browse Id that's specified as an alternate identity. For more information, see AlternateIdentities.

You can connect to only one peer at a time.

When an app is activated by tapping a nearby device, the activation parameters indicate whether the PeerFinder should be started or if the app was launched with activation arguments. You can use this overload of the Start method to send a message to a peer app that will be passed as an app activation argument. For more information, see the "Activating apps using Proximity" section of Supporting Proximity and Tapping.

Windows Phone 8

Wi-Fi Direct is not supported on Windows Phone 8. For more information, see Proximity.

Requirements

See also

AlternateIdentities

PeerFinder

Start

Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Samples

Proximity sample

Build date: 2/25/2013