# GCKGameManagerState Class [Instance Methods](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#pub-methods) \| [Properties](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#properties) GCKGameManagerState Class Reference ## Overview A representation of the state of the Game Manager running on the receiver device. **[Deprecated:](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/deprecated#_deprecated000020)** : The Game Manager API is no longer supported and will be removed in a future release. Inherits NSObject. |---|---| | ## Instance Method Summary || | ([GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info) \*__nullable) | - [getPlayer:](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a4c6cec9cc7703fa1c31001108b601a4b) | | | Returns the [GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info "Represents data for a single player. ") for the specified player ID or `nil` if the player does not exist. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a4c6cec9cc7703fa1c31001108b601a4b) | | || | (NSArray\< [GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info) \* \> \*) | - [getPlayersInState:](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a42ec9263d1f760c254c6afab9118c87d) | | | Returns a list of players that are in the specified player state. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a42ec9263d1f760c254c6afab9118c87d) | | || | (BOOL) | - [hasLobbyStateChanged:](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a1ac52b407ba0ed42f0d62068a1c8ed25) | | | Returns whether the lobby state is different between this object and the specified game manager state. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a1ac52b407ba0ed42f0d62068a1c8ed25) | | || | (BOOL) | - [hasGameplayStateChanged:](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a3ad7e66ba24426559fa3397e2335049c) | | | Returns whether the gameplay state is different between this object and the specified game manager state. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a3ad7e66ba24426559fa3397e2335049c) | | || | (BOOL) | - [hasGameDataChanged:](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#aadb1b1ce4c9618807656a8495dfb7c84) | | | Returns whether the game data is different between this object and the specified game manager state. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#aadb1b1ce4c9618807656a8495dfb7c84) | | || | (BOOL) | - [hasGameStatusTextChanged:](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a885a2998ef29a501746de3bac16fd815) | | | Returns whether game status text is different between this object and the specified game manager state. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a885a2998ef29a501746de3bac16fd815) | | || | (BOOL) | - [hasPlayerChanged:otherState:](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a607ed1cdcace305a01a33788f879d276) | | | Returns whether the player with the specified player ID has changed between this object and the specified game manager state. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a607ed1cdcace305a01a33788f879d276) | | || | (BOOL) | - [hasPlayerStateChanged:otherState:](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a086f0c11510bec9ef9c3a2eacdb77c1d) | | | Returns whether the player state of the player with the specified player ID has changed between this object and the specified game manager state. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a086f0c11510bec9ef9c3a2eacdb77c1d) | | || | (BOOL) | - [hasPlayerDataChanged:otherState:](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a0672fdf8dc2281619b726a8b1708babd) | | | Returns whether the player data of the player with the specified player ID has changed between this object and the specified game manager state. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a0672fdf8dc2281619b726a8b1708babd) | | || | (NSArray\< NSString \* \> \*) | - [getListOfChangedPlayers:](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a7d088664c13db86af3cb20104daf1ad0) | | | Returns a list of player IDs that are different between this object and the specified game manager state. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a7d088664c13db86af3cb20104daf1ad0) | | || |---|---| | ## Property Summary || | [GCKLobbyState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/g_c_k_lobby_state_8h#afcdd9a6ac637781d8c87f4dfb97832e1) | [lobbyState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#ab3955a03824d295ea536e18659fb4161) | | | The lobby state. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#ab3955a03824d295ea536e18659fb4161) | | || | [GCKGameplayState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/g_c_k_gameplay_state_8h#a4154426d931e8848dae63734e124a410) | [gameplayState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a0015fc8af8ff4def7f941fc8ecda1b81) | | | The gameplay state. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a0015fc8af8ff4def7f941fc8ecda1b81) | | || | id | [gameData](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#af9453ac8ac188f774a4417676dbcf6eb) | | | The game specific data. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#af9453ac8ac188f774a4417676dbcf6eb) | | || | NSString \* | [gameStatusText](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a2451329b82b21800edd76875c38ec1c7) | | | The game status text. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a2451329b82b21800edd76875c38ec1c7) | | || | NSArray\< [GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info) \* \> \* | [players](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#aaae4d40298e4c0dbb357c9d656b6965c) | | | The list of all players in the game. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#aaae4d40298e4c0dbb357c9d656b6965c) | | || | NSArray\< [GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info) \* \> \* | [controllablePlayers](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#ae75ef2d581cafdf2f0b4d9ae5209defa) | | | The list of all the players created by this sender device. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#ae75ef2d581cafdf2f0b4d9ae5209defa) | | || | NSArray\< [GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info) \* \> \* | [connectedPlayers](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a26f71496b177fa6dfea9ab46c2bbb4f9) | | | The list of players in a connected state. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a26f71496b177fa6dfea9ab46c2bbb4f9) | | || | NSArray\< [GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info) \* \> \* | [connectedControllablePlayers](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#ad27ac9a1c116d8ec6f96bee7b4a7280b) | | | The list of players in a connected state that were also created on this sender device. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#ad27ac9a1c116d8ec6f96bee7b4a7280b) | | || | NSString \* | [applicationName](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a61a56ae95918abe3e5b23eeb547c0176) | | | The application name. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#a61a56ae95918abe3e5b23eeb547c0176) | | || | NSInteger | [maxPlayers](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#af78fe9325174d8bec3b2979bf26e4507) | | | The maximum number of players as defined by the receiver. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state#af78fe9325174d8bec3b2979bf26e4507) | | || ## Method Detail |---|---|---|---|---| | - ([GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info) \*__nullable) getPlayer: | | (NSString \*) | *playerID* | | Returns the [GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info "Represents data for a single player. ") for the specified player ID or `nil` if the player does not exist. Parameters : |---|---| | playerID | The player ID. | |---|---|---|---|---| | - (NSArray\<[GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info) \*\> \*) getPlayersInState: | | ([GCKPlayerState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/g_c_k_player_state_8h#aa9a411f5c852bb7871c5f6584e11f4d6)) | *playerState* | | Returns a list of players that are in the specified player state. Parameters : |---|---| | playerState | The player state. | |---|---|---|---|---| | - (BOOL) hasLobbyStateChanged: | | ([GCKGameManagerState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state) \*) | *otherState* | | Returns whether the lobby state is different between this object and the specified game manager state. Parameters : |---|---| | otherState | The game manager state to compare to. | |---|---|---|---|---| | - (BOOL) hasGameplayStateChanged: | | ([GCKGameManagerState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state) \*) | *otherState* | | Returns whether the gameplay state is different between this object and the specified game manager state. Parameters : |---|---| | otherState | The game manager state to compare to. | |---|---|---|---|---| | - (BOOL) hasGameDataChanged: | | ([GCKGameManagerState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state) \*) | *otherState* | | Returns whether the game data is different between this object and the specified game manager state. Parameters : |---|---| | otherState | The game manager state to compare to. | |---|---|---|---|---| | - (BOOL) hasGameStatusTextChanged: | | ([GCKGameManagerState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state) \*) | *otherState* | | Returns whether game status text is different between this object and the specified game manager state. Parameters : |---|---| | otherState | The game manager state to compare to. | |---|---|---|---| | - (BOOL) hasPlayerChanged: | | (NSString \*) | *playerId* | | otherState: | | ([GCKGameManagerState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state) \*) | *otherState* | | | | | | Returns whether the player with the specified player ID has changed between this object and the specified game manager state. Parameters : |---|---| | playerId | The player ID. | | otherState | The game manager state to compare to. | |---|---|---|---| | - (BOOL) hasPlayerStateChanged: | | (NSString \*) | *playerId* | | otherState: | | ([GCKGameManagerState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state) \*) | *otherState* | | | | | | Returns whether the player state of the player with the specified player ID has changed between this object and the specified game manager state. Parameters : |---|---| | playerId | The player ID. | | otherState | The game manager state to compare to. | |---|---|---|---| | - (BOOL) hasPlayerDataChanged: | | (NSString \*) | *playerId* | | otherState: | | ([GCKGameManagerState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state) \*) | *otherState* | | | | | | Returns whether the player data of the player with the specified player ID has changed between this object and the specified game manager state. Parameters : |---|---| | playerId | The player ID. | | otherState | The game manager state to compare to. | |---|---|---|---|---| | - (NSArray\ \*) getListOfChangedPlayers: | | ([GCKGameManagerState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_state) \*) | *otherState* | | Returns a list of player IDs that are different between this object and the specified game manager state. This includes players that were added, removed, or have changed in any way. Parameters : |---|---| | otherState | The game manager state to compare to. | ## Property Detail |---|---| | |---| | - ([GCKLobbyState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/g_c_k_lobby_state_8h#afcdd9a6ac637781d8c87f4dfb97832e1)) lobbyState | | readnonatomicassign | The lobby state. See GCKLobbyState for valid values. |---|---| | |---| | - ([GCKGameplayState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/g_c_k_gameplay_state_8h#a4154426d931e8848dae63734e124a410)) gameplayState | | readnonatomicassign | The gameplay state. See GCKGameplayState for valid values. |---|---| | |---| | - (id) gameData | | readnonatomiccopy | The game specific data. Will be either an object that can be serialized to JSON using NSJSONSerialization, or `nil`. |---|---| | |---| | - (NSString\*) gameStatusText | | readnonatomiccopy | The game status text. |---|---| | |---| | - (NSArray\<[GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info) \*\>\*) players | | readnonatomicstrong | The list of all players in the game. |---|---| | |---| | - (NSArray\<[GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info) \*\>\*) controllablePlayers | | readnonatomicassign | The list of all the players created by this sender device. |---|---| | |---| | - (NSArray\<[GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info) \*\>\*) connectedPlayers | | readnonatomicstrong | The list of players in a connected state. A player is considered to be in a connected state if the associated [GCKPlayerInfo::playerState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info#a2f8fa3a0d0dce2d25d02b064ce56f7c5 "The current state of the player. ") is one of [GCKPlayerStateAvailable](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/g_c_k_player_state_8h#aa9a411f5c852bb7871c5f6584e11f4d6aa45be92bf9f623b97cd1451ba70b17fc), [GCKPlayerStateReady](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/g_c_k_player_state_8h#aa9a411f5c852bb7871c5f6584e11f4d6a67c467391f891b6ca8cf79f1ce10b561), [GCKPlayerStateIdle](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/g_c_k_player_state_8h#aa9a411f5c852bb7871c5f6584e11f4d6af675a8e49374d9b30e18589adbf4a687), or [GCKPlayerStatePlaying](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/g_c_k_player_state_8h#aa9a411f5c852bb7871c5f6584e11f4d6aa01672db33b85b34abc2d7f21518eb1a). |---|---| | |---| | - (NSArray\<[GCKPlayerInfo](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info) \*\>\*) connectedControllablePlayers | | readnonatomicstrong | The list of players in a connected state that were also created on this sender device. A player is considered to be in a connected state if the associated [GCKPlayerInfo::playerState](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_player_info#a2f8fa3a0d0dce2d25d02b064ce56f7c5 "The current state of the player. ") is one of [GCKPlayerStateAvailable](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/g_c_k_player_state_8h#aa9a411f5c852bb7871c5f6584e11f4d6aa45be92bf9f623b97cd1451ba70b17fc), [GCKPlayerStateReady](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/g_c_k_player_state_8h#aa9a411f5c852bb7871c5f6584e11f4d6a67c467391f891b6ca8cf79f1ce10b561), [GCKPlayerStateIdle](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/g_c_k_player_state_8h#aa9a411f5c852bb7871c5f6584e11f4d6af675a8e49374d9b30e18589adbf4a687), or [GCKPlayerStatePlaying](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/g_c_k_player_state_8h#aa9a411f5c852bb7871c5f6584e11f4d6aa01672db33b85b34abc2d7f21518eb1a). |---|---| | |---| | - (NSString\*) applicationName | | readnonatomiccopy | The application name. Returns `nil` if the [GCKGameManagerChannel](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_channel "A GCKCastChannel subclass for game control operations. ") is not yet connected to the receiver's Game Manager. |---|---| | |---| | - (NSInteger) maxPlayers | | readnonatomicassign | The maximum number of players as defined by the receiver. Returns 0 if the [GCKGameManagerChannel](https://developers.google.com/cast/v3/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_game_manager_channel "A GCKCastChannel subclass for game control operations. ") is not yet connected to the receiver's Game Manager.