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# Nearby C++ Library
The repository contains the Nearby project C++ library source code. This is not an
officially supported Google product.
# About the Nearby Project
## Nearby Connection
Nearby Connections is a high level protocol on top of Bluetooth/WiFi that acts
as a medium-agnostic socket. Devices are able to advertise, scan, and connect
with one another over any shared medium (eg. BT <-> BT).
Once connected, the two devices share a list of all supported mediums and
attempt to upgrade to the one with the highest bandwidth (eg. BT -> WiFi).
The connection is encrypted, reliable, and fully duplex. BYTE, FILE, and STREAM
payloads are all supported and will be chunked & transferred internally and
recombined on the receiving device.
See [Nearby Connections Overview](https://developers.google.com/nearby/connections/overview)
for more information.
# Checkout the source tree
```shell
git clone https://github.com/google/nearby
cd nearby
git submodule update --init --recursive
```
# Building Nearby, Unit Testing and Sample Apps
We support multiple platforms including Linux, iOS & Windows.
## Building for Linux
Currently we support building from source using [bazel] (https://bazel.build). Other BUILD system such as cmake may be added later.
### Prerequisites:
1. Bazel
2. clang with support for c++ 17+
3. Openssl libcrypto.so (-lssl;-lcrypto).
To build the Nearby Connection Core library:
```shell
CC=clang CXX=clang++ bazel build -s --check_visibility=false //connections:core --spawn_strategy=standalone --verbose_failures
```
## Building for macOS and iOS
Currently we support building with [Swift Package Manager](https://www.swift.org/package-manager).
### Prerequisites:
1. Xcode. Available from Apple Store.
2. Google Protobuf Compiler (protoc). If you have [homebrew](https://brew.sh/) installed, you can do `brew install protobuf`.
To build the Nearby Connection library:
```shell
swift build
```
We also provide a iOS [sample app using the Nearby Connections library]
(https://github.com/google/nearby/blob/master/internal/platform/implementation/ios/Example/NearbyConnectionsExample/README.md).
### Limitation
The only Medium supported is Wifi LAN.
**Last Updated:** April 7, 2022