I know it is possible to list the available Wifi networks on iPhone using the CaptiveNetwork API from official Apple SDK.
I was wondering if there is a way to auto connect to a specific SSID programmatically as long as I can find it in the list returned by CaptiveNetwork ?
Apple would not like you to do such things. Connecting to Wifi Stations is the responsibility of the user, so don't expect a public API. See e.g. here. Probably the makers of this app also would like to do it automatically.
Peter
First of all, I don't think you will be able to get the list of available WiFi networks on iPhone using Captive network API. It will just give you the details of your connected wifi. And though there is private APIs to do this, Apple doesn't approve the apps that use them.
As I know, you only could get the current-connected wifi without using private api, but what confusing me is Nest iOS App do could get a list of available wifi, and Apple didn't reject it!!!
Related
I want to use the CNCopySupportedInterfaces API to get the SSID of Wifi interface. But I just have doubt about the API CNCopySupportedInterfaces. Will this API provide a list of all configured Wifi interfaces or only one which is currently active or info about all access points that are reachable (but not configured) at that moment?
CNCopySupportedInterfacesand CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo of CaptiveNetwork, will gives only your connected wifi name and detail, Without the use of private library (Apple80211) it will not provide you other reachable wifi list or other info.
You can refer to: How do I use CaptiveNetwork to get the current WiFi Hotspot Name for more information.
You could have a look at iphone-wireless project if you are interested in Apple80211. There exists a sample app "Stumber" which does exactly what you want. But you cannot use this in your app if you want to publish to App Store because as it uses private APIs. Apple rejects apps those use private APIs.
As of iOS 9 Beta 4 CNCopySupportedInterfaces is deprecated. Much pain ensuing....
https://forums.developer.apple.com/message/31340#31340
Is there any frameworks for find out the surrounding networks and network strength. Please tell me if it is possible or not in ios 4/5/6. Either is there any sample code for this.
For example i am using in iPhone Airtel network. Based on Airtel network i need to find what are other networks in that particular area and what is the signal strength of that network.
Thanks in advance.
As far as i know this cant be done using public API's. You need to use private API's check thi s out MobileApple80211 framework.
Yes it is possible. In fact there is an awesome 3rd Party library for this called iPhone-Wireless
This provides you -
view the wireless networks in your area.
signal strength of each network.
For iOS 5 you'll need a jailbroken iPhone. Guvener Gokce has a very educational blog post on this: iPhone Wireless Scanner iOS5
Hope this helps but keep in mind that this library uses private API's and your app might get rejected from app store.
UPDATE: Check this out too - Accessing iPhone WiFi Information via SDK
I want to identify all the available wifi networks currently available. I am checking the file at path
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.wifi.plist
But it gives all the networks to which iPhone has connected till date. It does not give currently available networks.
How to do it? It's ok even if it's a private API. I have to do it anyhow.
There is no way you can access the available wifi's ssid in your iPhone app currently . I tried with some API but Apple rejected the App saying its a private API. I also sent my query to Apple Developer support and they replied saying this is not possible in current iOS version.
Is there an API in CocoaTouch/iOS for detecting wireless networks? I want to write an app that saves a list of networks the phone can see at a given moment.
As far as I know you can get the information about the current connected Wi-Fi using CNCopySupportedInterfaces and CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo of CaptiveNetwork. You can refer to: How do I use CaptiveNetwork to get the current WiFi Hotspot Name for more information.
According to iPhone get a list of all SSIDs without private library:
Without the use of private library (Apple80211) you can only get the SSID of the network your device is currently connected to.
You could have a look at iphone-wireless project if you are interested in Apple80211. There exists a sample app "Stumber" which does exactly what you want. But you cannot use this in your app if you want to publish to App Store because as it uses private APIs
Check out this https://github.com/mustafa96m/iOS-Wireless-Scanner-API
Hopefully it helps
I was wondering if it is possible to list and connect to nearby wifi access points programmatically. The Reachability sample only addresses if the device is connected to wifi or 3G/edge, and using something like the CaptiveNetwork API allows me to register if wifi authentication should be handled by a custom application but does not contain anything relating to the wifi connection aspect. Ideally I am looking for something like android.net.wifi.WifiManager from the Android SDK.
This is not possible with the public API.
There used to be Apps in the App Store which did this using private methods, but they have been removed by Apple.