The apps are often used in education, enterprise, and within the tech world for things like screen recording and display mirroring to devices not supported by Apple. While the changes won’t affect app developers simply using AirPlay APIs for offering users the ability to stream from within an app to an AirPlay device like an Apple TV, it will break many screen mirroring apps that tap into the AirPlay protocol for screen sharing like Reflector. Not only at a security level but also with the way the two devices talk to each other.” So, many underlying AirPlay components and protocols are entirely different in iOS 9. The actual mechanism through which a mirroring connection is established was entirely overhauled. A lot of the exchanges between an iOS device and an Apple TV or any of the receivers have changed. “A lot of the pairing setups (like how your mobile device interacts with a receiver) have changed. “What Apple did this time around with iOS 9 updates is make a wide-sweeping change to underlying protocols that power AirPlay,” Dave Stanfill, president and CEO of Squirrels explained. The developer first brought the change to our attention and warns that developers will have to follow in its footsteps to implement a workaround that will allow screen mirroring apps to continue functioning after iOS 9 is released… The app utilizes AirPlay to allow cross platform wireless mirroring from mobile devices to Macs, PCs, and other devices with the app installed. Perhaps the best example of these apps is Reflector from developer Squirrels. It is, however, breaking many screen mirroring apps in the process and forcing developers to scramble to implement workarounds ahead of the launch of iOS 9 on Wednesday and the new Apple TV in the coming weeks. While Apple hasn’t detailed the changes publicly, the company is planning what appears to be a major, undocumented overhaul of its AirPlay protocol with iOS 9 that should make the framework for streaming video and audio content between devices a much smoother experience for both users and developers.
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