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Edit: After Ming Ho helped me with information to reproduce the issue, updating the description
When the mac machine has HostName as well as LocalHostname, API returns `<hostname>+.local` as listener URL
Steps:
1. `scutil --set LocalHostName`, set it to LocalHostName
2. `scutil --set HostName`, set it to HostName
couchbase-lite-ios 20:09:40 $ scutil --set LocalHostName
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LocalHostName [JayMachine]: LocalHostName
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couchbase-lite-ios 20:09:53 $ scutil --get LocalHostName
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LocalHostName
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couchbase-lite-ios 20:14:59 $ scutil --set HostName
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HostName [JayHostName]: HostName
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couchbase-lite-ios 20:15:17 $ scutil --get HostName
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HostName
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3. Start the listener in iPhone simulator on same mac
4. Check `listener.url` contains `wss://hostname.local:4985/db`
2020-09-08 20:11:44.917955-0700 CBL_EE_Tests[61514:2035910] *** URL: (
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"wss://HostName.local:4985/otherdb",
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.....
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)
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5. Check the System Preferences > Sharing , you will see the <localhost>.local as local network name.
Expected result:
`listsner.url` should contain `wss://LocalHostName.local:4985/otherdb` instead of `wss://HostName.local:4985/otherdb`
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That's not how it works — it's not related to NSNetService. On a device with mDNS support, the DNS resolver uses mDNS queries to resolve hostnames in the ".local" domain.
I don't know why lookups aren't working sometimes on iOS. And it does seem like there's a problem in the Simulator that if the Mac has a static DNS name, our code will wrongly get that as the mDNS name. So I agree with taking out the hostname on iOS.
This ticket is regarding something that is not even used anywhere except in testing and an unused method on the REST server (which is used in the cblite command line tool, not the litecore library). Is there some reason for testing it and trying to fix it Jay Vavachan ?
I've tested this both on the Simulator and on an actual iOS device. The issue only appears on the simulator, and only when you have set HostName and LocalHostName in terminal. If you haven't set those hostnames, in Simulator it will show up with your Mac's hostname (i.e. "Callums-MacBook-Pro.local". On a device it shows up as i.e. "Callums-iPhone-12.local".
Issue is only prevalent on Simulator, and only when HostName and LocalHostName have been set.
It doesn't appear to function on the device either, but furthermore there doesn't seem to be any separate settings for "local hostname" vs "hostname" which leads me to believe that this will never work on iOS (and possibly macOS on separate machines) without running NSNetService to advertise the service first.