lobby server on ios/Android device question

yayaigo

The Photon server is written using C #, is is only deployed in windows platform?
Can it be deployed in the Iphone or Android app program?
Because I have to do is use ios or android device as a server, other ios or android device as client to connect to the server.

Kaiserludi

Hi.

No, the server can't be used on a non-windows platform and mobile devices are not really suited to be used as a full-blown realtime server for thousands of clients.

Do you mind explaining why you need an iOS or Android device to act as a server?
Depending on your usecase there could may be other options.

yayaigo

The max client number is only four .
Playing a regional online gaming on their device, use wifi or bluetooth , one machine as a server,
just like four people mahjongg or play with music games.

[Deleted User]

As Kaiserludi said, it's not possible to host Photon on non-windows platforms / devices.

If your clients really can't connect to a public Photon instance, you might want to go for a peer-to-peer approach - but we don't support that with Photon. Sorry.