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MQTT Essentials - A Lightweight IoT Protocol

You're reading from   MQTT Essentials - A Lightweight IoT Protocol Send and receive messages with the MQTT protocol for your IoT solutions.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787287815
Length 280 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gaston C. Hillar Gaston C. Hillar
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Table of Contents (8) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Lightweight Messaging with MQTT 3.1.1 and Mosquitto FREE CHAPTER 2. Securing an MQTT Mosquitto Server 3. Controlling a Drone with Python 4. Interacting with Sensors in Java 5. Controlling Home Automation in JavaScript 6. Interacting with Actuators in Swift A. Exersise Answers

Debugging events in Swift


Now, we will take advantage of Xcode's debugging features to understand how methods are called when events occur.

Leave the application running on the simulator or the iOS device.

Open the source code for ViewController.swift.

Click on the left margin of the following line of code to establish a breakpoint at the first line of code in the mqtt method with didReceiveMessage as the external name of the second argument:

    print("Message received in topic (message.topic) with payload      (message.string!)")

Now, go to the iOS app and click or tap on the switch to turn on the motor again. After you change the value for the switch, the Node.js script will send a message with the new status for the motor and the mqtt method with didReceiveMessage as the external name of the second argument will be called. The Xcode debugger will hit the breakpoint we have set. The following screenshot shows the debugger hitting the breakpoint:

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