Class MulticastCompanionDiscovery

Namespace

AppleTvControlLibrary.Discovery.Companion

Assembly

AppleTvControlLibrary.Discovery.dll

Discovers Companion Link devices by sending DNS-SD PTR queries to the mDNS multicast group and collecting responses.

public sealed class MulticastCompanionDiscovery : ICompanionDiscovery

Inheritance

object

MulticastCompanionDiscovery

Implements

ICompanionDiscovery

Inherited Members

object.ToString()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

Methods

DiscoveryAsync(string, TimeSpan, CancellationToken)

Discovers a Companion Link device by its mDNS service instance name and completes as soon as that service has been fully resolved.

public static Task<CompanionDiscoveryResult?> DiscoveryAsync(string appleTvName, TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)

Parameters

appleTvName string

The exact mDNS service instance name to locate.

timeout TimeSpan

The maximum time to wait for the named device.

cancellationToken CancellationToken

A token to cancel the lookup.

Returns

Task<CompanionDiscoveryResult>

The matching device, or null when it is not discovered before the timeout.

ScanAsync(TimeSpan, CancellationToken)

Scans the network for Companion Link devices.

public Task<IReadOnlyList<CompanionDiscoveryResult>> ScanAsync(TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)

Parameters

timeout TimeSpan

How long to wait for responses.

cancellationToken CancellationToken

A token to cancel the scan.

Returns

Task<IReadOnlyList<CompanionDiscoveryResult>>

The discovered Companion Link devices.