usbmuxd_get_device_list detecting IPad over wifi about libusbmuxd

[nikias]

I'm working on a solution. Stay put.

[eni9889]

@nikias any updates on wireless devices? i.e Apple TV? This is also an issue i'm running into

[nikias]

When using usbmuxd_get_device_list() it will include all devices reported back by usbmuxd. You can see how libimobildevice filters out non-USB devices in idevice_get_device_list():

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/blob/master/src/idevice.c#L307

You can also use the usbmuxd_events_subscribe() (or the older usbmuxd_subscribe()) API to subscribe for events. The callback function signature is defined as

void callback_function_name(const usbmuxd_event_t *event, void *user_data)

By accessing the event->device member you can access the usbmuxd_device_info_t structure, and then it's conn_type member. So basically you can ignore non-USB devices in the callback with a simple

if (event->device.conn_type != CONNECTION_TYPE_USB)
    return;

[aburgh]

The usbmuxd ("USB multiplexer daemon") daemon manages the list of devices and facilitates communication with them. When Apple added support for WiFi backups and syncing, they did so by extending usbmuxd, so it is very much an intended behavior. I would like to see your proposed patch to usbmuxd_get_device_list as a configuration option, though. It would also be useful if the APIs in libimobiledevice allowed restricting connects to USB so it could selected per-connection.

[fishjam]

After my debug, I found that if call plist_dict_get_item(props, "ConnectionType") in device_record_from_plist(libusbmuxd.c) , then can get the phone connection type, such as "Network" or "USB", so I can try to fix this bug later.

[fishjam]

when we try to fix this issue, consider two solutions:

• 1.simply filter the devices that connected by WiFi.
• 2.provide user with the additional parameters to filter the device. such as:

  idevice_id --list --all   <== list all the devices(USB + Network)
  idevice_id --list --usb <== list usb devices
  idevice_id --list --network <== list network devices.

It seems solution 2 is perfect, but the device with USB and network has same UDID, and idevcie_id and many other tools differentiate device only by UDID. it can not work, unless change all the tools and user CI scripts.

So consider our real demand, solution 1 is the best.

[jflow]

Solution 1 is not the best! Apple has devices out now without a usb port! AppleTV 4k only has network access for this. I need to work with this new usbless device.

[rileytestut]

Would the solution you're working on allow for interacting with wireless devices? Or just prevent wireless devices showing up as connected? I'm in the same boat, trying to connect to my Apple TV 4K from Linux machine.

[jflow]

+1 for an update, at least how things are progressing....

[LittleLydia]

I'm working on a solution. Stay put.

@nikias Did the latest version solve this problem?

[mattijsf]

@nikias I noticed you mentioned you're working on a proper solution for this issue here: #53 (comment)

Any idea when / how this will land into libusbmuxd and/or libimobiledevice?

[scheilch]

News about it?

[munchkin09]

Any updates on this??