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iOS 10 GameCenter Invites via Messaging


We were utilising Turn Based Games via GameCenter since iOS 6, once it was introduced (running absolutely same code for years).

However, since iOS 10 invites do not work any more. The person being invited does receive a message in Messages saying "Invitation to play %game_name$".

Apple states (https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2016/611/) no code changes are needed. But it's definitely broken (or "no changes" statement is false).

Any ideas, colleagues?


Solution

  • Invitations via iMessage don't work when the two devices use the same iCloud login. I was experiencing the problems you described until I changed the iCloud login to match the iMessage login on each device.