Case study

AirDrop for Windows: investigating iPhone discovery and AWDL reception

AirDrop for Windows investigates how an iPhone discovers receivers and sends files over AWDL. Its .NET receiver implements mDNS announcements, AirDrop endpoints and archive extraction; logs and research notes document the missing Windows radio path.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09

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Last commit: 2026-10-20
Language: C#
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The research and receiver target Windows with .NET 10.
Limits: The author reports that the tested Windows Wi-Fi driver lacks the radio access needed for AWDL; native iPhone-to-PC transfers remain unfinished.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{airdrop-windows-case,
  title = {{AirDrop for Windows: investigating iPhone discovery and AWDL reception}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/businessbaum/AirDrop-Windows}},
  url = {https://github.com/businessbaum/AirDrop-Windows},
  urldate = {2026-11-09},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/airdrop-windows-case/}}
}

Plain text

AirDrop for Windows: investigating iPhone discovery and AWDL reception. https://github.com/businessbaum/AirDrop-Windows (accessed 2026-11-09). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/airdrop-windows-case/

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README.md GitHub · businessbaum/AirDrop-Windows · Revision ac53b2d
ARCHITEKTUR.md GitHub · businessbaum/AirDrop-Windows · Revision ac53b2d
LICENSE GitHub · businessbaum/AirDrop-Windows · Revision ac53b2d