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iPhone communication with Windows C# App

I am create an iPhone app that needs to talk to a Windows C# app. The app will run as either a Service or Form Application.

What would be the best way to accomplish this? Ideally exposing a service-type architecture would be best as I don't need a stateful connection (stateless is fine in this case).

Can a WCF service hosted by my app using a form of TCP binding be consumed by my iPhone? Or can an app host using httpBinding without the aid of IIS or some other web server?

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To run WCF on iPhone you need MonoTouch. Currently, which isn't completely implemented.

I don't think it's a good idea.

Web Service are a better idea in my opinion. You can spawn a web service listener from your console/gui/service Windows C# application.

djechelon  2010-10-29 00:54:00
It actually isn't my intent to host a service from my iPhone. I only need my iPhone to communicate with my app, which will host the service. My question is what do I host from my service? I know my iPhone can consume an http-bound WCF, but can it consume a TCP-bound WCF? Or do I need to bind it in some other way?
Chu  2010-10-29 14:00:20
Yes, it can. But read that page about the issues you may encounter when using MonoTouch to develop the client, that's all.
djechelon  2010-10-29 14:10:47

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