RealTimeMultiplayerClient

public class RealTimeMultiplayerClient extends GoogleApi<Games.GamesOptions>

This class is deprecated.
Real-time multiplayer and Turn-based multiplayer support is being shut down on March 31, 2020. See Multiplayer deprecation

A client to interact with real time multiplayer functionality.

Nested Class Summary

interface

RealTimeMultiplayerClient.ReliableMessageSentCallback

Callback used when the sending of a reliable message has completed.

Public Method Summary

Task<Void>	create(RoomConfig config) Returns a Task which asynchronously creates a real-time room for the current game.
Task<Void>	declineInvitation(String invitationId) Returns a Task which asynchronously declines an invitation for a real-time room.
Task<Void>	dismissInvitation(String invitationId) Returns a Task which asynchronously dismisses an invitation to a real-time room.
Task<Intent>	getSelectOpponentsIntent(int minPlayers, int maxPlayers) Returns a Task which asynchronously loads an Intent that will let the user select opponents to send an invitation to for a real-time multiplayer match.
Task<Intent>	getSelectOpponentsIntent(int minPlayers, int maxPlayers, boolean allowAutomatch) Returns a Task which asynchronously loads an Intent that will let the user select opponents to send an invitation to for a real-time multiplayer match.
Task<Intent>	getWaitingRoomIntent(Room room, int minParticipantsToStart) Returns a Task which asynchronously loads an Intent that will display a "waiting room" screen that shows the progress of participants joining a real-time multiplayer room.
Task<Void>	join(RoomConfig config) Returns a Task which asynchronously joins a real-time room by accepting an invitation.
Task<Void>	leave(RoomConfig config, String roomId) Returns a Task which asynchronously leaves the specified room.
Task<Integer>	sendReliableMessage(byte[] messageData, String roomId, String recipientParticipantId, RealTimeMultiplayerClient.ReliableMessageSentCallback callback) Returns a Task which asynchronously starts the message send operation to a participant in a real-time room reliably.
Task<Void>	sendUnreliableMessage(byte[] messageData, String roomId, String recipientParticipantId) Returns a Task which asynchronously starts the message send operation to a participant in a real-time room.
Task<Void>	sendUnreliableMessage(byte[] messageData, String roomId, List<String> recipientParticipantIds) Returns a Task which asynchronously starts the message send operation to one or more participants in a real-time room.
Task<Void>	sendUnreliableMessageToOthers(byte[] messageData, String roomId) Returns a Task which asynchronously starts the message send operation to all participants in a real-time room, excluding the current player.

Inherited Method Summary

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From interface com.google.android.gms.common.api.HasApiKey

abstract ApiKey<O>

getApiKey()

Public Methods

public Task<Void> create (RoomConfig config)

Returns a Task which asynchronously creates a real-time room for the current game. The result is delivered by the callback onRoomCreated(int, Room) in the RoomConfig. The callback is called on the main thread.

The room created by this API is a resource that needs to be released by leave(RoomConfig, String) when the caller is done with it.

Required Scopes: SCOPE_GAMES_LITE

Parameters

config	The real-time room configuration.

public Task<Void> declineInvitation (String invitationId)

Returns a Task which asynchronously declines an invitation for a real-time room.

Required Scopes: SCOPE_GAMES_LITE

Parameters

invitationId	The ID of the invitation to decline.

public Task<Void> dismissInvitation (String invitationId)

Returns a Task which asynchronously dismisses an invitation to a real-time room. Dismissing an invitation will not change the state of the room for the other participants.

Required Scopes: SCOPE_GAMES_LITE

Parameters

invitationId	The ID of the invitation to dismiss.

public Task<Intent> getSelectOpponentsIntent (int minPlayers, int maxPlayers)

Returns a Task which asynchronously loads an Intent that will let the user select opponents to send an invitation to for a real-time multiplayer match. Note that this must be invoked with startActivityForResult(Intent, int), so that the identity of the calling package can be established.

The returned Task can fail with a RemoteException.

The number of players passed in should be the desired number of additional players to select, not including the current player. So, for a game that can handle between 2 and 4 players, minPlayers would be 1 and maxPlayers would be 3.

Players may be preselected by specifying a list of player IDs in the EXTRA_PLAYER_IDS extra on the returned intent.

If the user canceled, the result will be RESULT_CANCELED. If the user selected players, the result will be RESULT_OK, and the data intent will contain the selected player IDs in EXTRA_PLAYER_IDS and the minimum and maximum numbers of additional auto-match players in EXTRA_MIN_AUTOMATCH_PLAYERS and EXTRA_MAX_AUTOMATCH_PLAYERS respectively. The player IDs in EXTRA_PLAYER_IDS will include only the other players selected, not the current player.

This method is the equivalent of calling getSelectOpponentsIntent(int, int, boolean) with the allowAutomatch parameter set to true.

Required Scopes: SCOPE_GAMES_LITE

Parameters

minPlayers	The minimum number of players to select (not including the current player).
maxPlayers	The maximum number of players to select (not including the current player). See create(RoomConfig)

public Task<Intent> getSelectOpponentsIntent (int minPlayers, int maxPlayers, boolean allowAutomatch)

Returns a Task which asynchronously loads an Intent that will let the user select opponents to send an invitation to for a real-time multiplayer match. Note that this must be invoked with startActivityForResult(Intent, int), so that the identity of the calling package can be established.

The returned Task can fail with a RemoteException.

The number of players passed in should be the desired number of additional players to select, not including the current player. So, for a game that can handle between 2 and 4 players, minPlayers would be 1 and maxPlayers would be 3.

Players may be preselected by specifying a list of player IDs in the EXTRA_PLAYER_IDS extra on the returned intent.

If the user canceled, the result will be RESULT_CANCELED. If the user selected players, the result will be RESULT_OK, and the data intent will contain the selected player IDs in EXTRA_PLAYER_IDS and the minimum and maximum numbers of additional auto-match players in EXTRA_MIN_AUTOMATCH_PLAYERS and EXTRA_MAX_AUTOMATCH_PLAYERS respectively. The player IDs in EXTRA_PLAYER_IDS will include only the other players selected, not the current player.

If the allowAutomatch parameter is set to false, the UI will not display an option for selecting automatch players. Set this to false if your game does not support automatching.

Required Scopes: SCOPE_GAMES_LITE

Parameters

minPlayers	The minimum number of players to select (not including the current player).
maxPlayers	The maximum number of players to select (not including the current player).
allowAutomatch	Whether or not to display an option for selecting automatch players. See create(RoomConfig)

public Task<Intent> getWaitingRoomIntent (Room room, int minParticipantsToStart)

Returns a Task which asynchronously loads an Intent that will display a "waiting room" screen that shows the progress of participants joining a real-time multiplayer room. Note that this must be invoked with startActivityForResult(Intent, int), so that the identity of the calling package can be established.

The returned Task can fail with a RemoteException.

If the necessary number of peers have connected and it's now OK to start the game, or if the user explicitly asked to start the game now, the activity result will be RESULT_OK. If the user bailed out of the waiting room screen without taking any action, the result will be RESULT_CANCELED. If the user explicitly chose to leave the room, the result will be RESULT_LEFT_ROOM. If the room no longer exists or is otherwise invalid the result will be RESULT_INVALID_ROOM.

Regardless of what the result code was, the waiting room activity will return a data intent containing a Room object in EXTRA_ROOM that represents the current state of the Room that you originally passed as a parameter here. Note that the returned room may be null if the room no longer exists.

If desired, the waiting room can allow the user to start playing the game even before the room is fully connected. This is controlled by the minParticipantsToStart parameter: if at least that many participants (including the current player) are connected to the room, a "Start playing" menu item will become enabled in the waiting room UI. Setting minParticipantsToStart to 0 means that "Start playing" will always be available, and a value of MAX_VALUE will disable the item completely. Note: if you do allow the user to start early, you'll need to handle that situation by explicitly telling the other connected peers that the game is now starting; see the developer documentation for more details.

Finally, note that the waiting room itself will never explicitly take any action to change the state of the room or its participants. So if the activity result is RESULT_LEFT_ROOM, it's the caller's responsibility to actually leave the room. Or if the result is RESULT_CANCELED, it's the responsibility of the caller to double-check the current state of the Room and decide whether to start the game, keep waiting, or do something else. But note that while the waiting room is active, the state of the Room will change as participants accept or decline invitations, and the number of participants may even change as auto-match players get added.

Required Scopes: SCOPE_GAMES_LITE

Parameters

room	The Room object to be displayed.
minParticipantsToStart	the minimum number of participants that must be connected to the room (including the current player) for the "Start playing" menu item to become enabled.

public Task<Void> join (RoomConfig config)

Returns a Task which asynchronously joins a real-time room by accepting an invitation. The result is delivered by the callback onJoinedRoom(int, Room) in the RoomConfig. The callback is called on the main thread.

The room created by this API is a resource that needs to be released by leave(RoomConfig, String) when the caller is done with it.

Required Scopes: SCOPE_GAMES_LITE

Parameters

config	The real-time room configuration.

public Task<Void> leave (RoomConfig config, String roomId)

Returns a Task which asynchronously leaves the specified room. This will disconnect the player from the room, but allow other players to continue playing the game. The result is delivered by the callback onLeftRoom(int, String) in the RoomConfig. The callback is called on the main thread.

After this method is called, you cannot perform any further actions on the room. You can create or join another room only after this Task is complete.

Required Scopes: SCOPE_GAMES_LITE

Parameters

config	The real-time room configuration.
roomId	ID of the room to leave.

public Task<Integer> sendReliableMessage (byte[] messageData, String roomId, String recipientParticipantId, RealTimeMultiplayerClient.ReliableMessageSentCallback callback)

Returns a Task which asynchronously starts the message send operation to a participant in a real-time room reliably. A successful Task will return the message token generated for the pending message, and the caller will receive a RealTimeMultiplayerClient.ReliableMessageSentCallback callback to report the status of the send message operation.

If the Task fails, the callback will not be called.

The returned Task will fail with an IllegalArgumentException if recipientParticipantId is not a valid participant or belongs to the current player, or with an ApiException with REAL_TIME_MESSAGE_SEND_FAILED status code if an error occurs before generating a message token.

The maximum message size supported is MAX_RELIABLE_MESSAGE_LEN bytes.

Required Scopes: SCOPE_GAMES_LITE

Parameters

messageData	The message to be sent. Should be at most MAX_RELIABLE_MESSAGE_LEN bytes.
roomId	ID of the room for which the message is being sent.
recipientParticipantId	The participant ID to send the message to.
callback	The callback that is notified when the message has been sent.

public Task<Void> sendUnreliableMessage (byte[] messageData, String roomId, String recipientParticipantId)

Returns a Task which asynchronously starts the message send operation to a participant in a real-time room. The message delivery is not reliable and will not report status after completion.

The returned Task will fail with an IllegalArgumentException if recipientParticipantId is not a valid participant or belongs to the current player, or with an ApiException with REAL_TIME_MESSAGE_SEND_FAILED status code if the message size exceeds the MAX_UNRELIABLE_MESSAGE_LEN.

The message is not sent if the Task is failed.

The maximum message size supported is MAX_UNRELIABLE_MESSAGE_LEN bytes.

Required Scopes: SCOPE_GAMES_LITE

Parameters

messageData	The message to be sent. Should be at most MAX_UNRELIABLE_MESSAGE_LEN bytes.
roomId	ID of the room for which the message is being sent.
recipientParticipantId	The participant ID to send the message to.

public Task<Void> sendUnreliableMessage (byte[] messageData, String roomId, List<String> recipientParticipantIds)

Returns a Task which asynchronously starts the message send operation to one or more participants in a real-time room. The message delivery is not reliable and will not report status after completion.

The returned Task will fail with an IllegalArgumentException if any participants in recipientParticipantIds are not valid or belong to the current player, or with an ApiException with REAL_TIME_MESSAGE_SEND_FAILED status code if the message size exceeds the MAX_UNRELIABLE_MESSAGE_LEN.

The message is not sent if the Task is failed.

The maximum message size supported is MAX_UNRELIABLE_MESSAGE_LEN bytes.

Required Scopes: SCOPE_GAMES_LITE

Parameters

messageData	The message to be sent. Should be at most MAX_UNRELIABLE_MESSAGE_LEN bytes.
roomId	ID of the room for which the message is being sent.
recipientParticipantIds	One or more participant IDs to send the message to.

public Task<Void> sendUnreliableMessageToOthers (byte[] messageData, String roomId)

Returns a Task which asynchronously starts the message send operation to all participants in a real-time room, excluding the current player. The message delivery is not reliable and will not report status after completion.

The returned Task will fail with an ApiException with REAL_TIME_MESSAGE_SEND_FAILED status code if the message size exceeds the MAX_UNRELIABLE_MESSAGE_LEN.

The message is not sent if the Task is failed.

The maximum message size supported is MAX_UNRELIABLE_MESSAGE_LEN bytes.

Required Scopes: SCOPE_GAMES_LITE

Parameters

messageData	The message to be sent. Should be at most MAX_UNRELIABLE_MESSAGE_LEN bytes.
roomId	ID of the room for which the message is being sent.