Ad Hoc Wifi Connection Between iPhone & Mac - Possible?

Question

I was just wondering if it is possible to set up a data transfer tunnel between an iPhone and a Mac using the Wifi hardware present on both devices? My main objective is to

Answer 1

You can make use of Bonjour, via NSNetServices and CFNetServices APIs.

Basically:

1. Create a server on the Mac
2. Announce the server via Bonjour
3. Browse Bonjour on the phone and resolve the bonjour service.
4. Establish connection
5. Exchange data via socket streams