How to programmatically get an iPhone's MAC address and IP address?
NOTE As of iOS7, you can no longer retrieve device MAC addresses. A fixed value will be returned rather than the actual MAC
Somthing I stumbled across a while ago. Originally from here I modified it a bit and cleaned things up.
IPAddress.h
IPAddress.c
And to use it
InitAddresses();
GetIPAddresses();
GetHWAddresses();
int i;
NSString *deviceIP = nil;
for (i=0; i<MAXADDRS; ++i)
{
static unsigned long localHost = 0x7F000001; // 127.0.0.1
unsigned long theAddr;
theAddr = ip_addrs[i];
if (theAddr == 0) break;
if (theAddr == localHost) continue;
NSLog(#"Name: %s MAC: %s IP: %s\n", if_names[i], hw_addrs[i], ip_names[i]);
//decided what adapter you want details for
if (strncmp(if_names[i], "en", 2) == 0)
{
NSLog(#"Adapter en has a IP of %s", ip_names[i]);
}
}
Adapter names vary depending on the simulator/device as well as wifi or cell on the device.
Update: this will not work on iOS 7. You should use ASIdentifierManager.
More clean solution on MobileDeveloperTips website:
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/sysctl.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <net/if_dl.h>
...
- (NSString *)getMacAddress
{
int mgmtInfoBase[6];
char *msgBuffer = NULL;
size_t length;
unsigned char macAddress[6];
struct if_msghdr *interfaceMsgStruct;
struct sockaddr_dl *socketStruct;
NSString *errorFlag = NULL;
// Setup the management Information Base (mib)
mgmtInfoBase[0] = CTL_NET; // Request network subsystem
mgmtInfoBase[1] = AF_ROUTE; // Routing table info
mgmtInfoBase[2] = 0;
mgmtInfoBase[3] = AF_LINK; // Request link layer information
mgmtInfoBase[4] = NET_RT_IFLIST; // Request all configured interfaces
// With all configured interfaces requested, get handle index
if ((mgmtInfoBase[5] = if_nametoindex("en0")) == 0)
errorFlag = #"if_nametoindex failure";
else
{
// Get the size of the data available (store in len)
if (sysctl(mgmtInfoBase, 6, NULL, &length, NULL, 0) < 0)
errorFlag = #"sysctl mgmtInfoBase failure";
else
{
// Alloc memory based on above call
if ((msgBuffer = malloc(length)) == NULL)
errorFlag = #"buffer allocation failure";
else
{
// Get system information, store in buffer
if (sysctl(mgmtInfoBase, 6, msgBuffer, &length, NULL, 0) < 0)
errorFlag = #"sysctl msgBuffer failure";
}
}
}
// Befor going any further...
if (errorFlag != NULL)
{
NSLog(#"Error: %#", errorFlag);
return errorFlag;
}
// Map msgbuffer to interface message structure
interfaceMsgStruct = (struct if_msghdr *) msgBuffer;
// Map to link-level socket structure
socketStruct = (struct sockaddr_dl *) (interfaceMsgStruct + 1);
// Copy link layer address data in socket structure to an array
memcpy(&macAddress, socketStruct->sdl_data + socketStruct->sdl_nlen, 6);
// Read from char array into a string object, into traditional Mac address format
NSString *macAddressString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X",
macAddress[0], macAddress[1], macAddress[2],
macAddress[3], macAddress[4], macAddress[5]];
NSLog(#"Mac Address: %#", macAddressString);
// Release the buffer memory
free(msgBuffer);
return macAddressString;
}
I wanted something to return the address regardless of whether or not wifi was enabled, so the chosen solution didn't work for me. I used another call I found on some forum after some tweaking. I ended up with the following (excuse my rusty C ) :
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <net/if_dl.h>
#include <ifaddrs.h>
char* getMacAddress(char* macAddress, char* ifName) {
int success;
struct ifaddrs * addrs;
struct ifaddrs * cursor;
const struct sockaddr_dl * dlAddr;
const unsigned char* base;
int i;
success = getifaddrs(&addrs) == 0;
if (success) {
cursor = addrs;
while (cursor != 0) {
if ( (cursor->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_LINK)
&& (((const struct sockaddr_dl *) cursor->ifa_addr)->sdl_type == IFT_ETHER) && strcmp(ifName, cursor->ifa_name)==0 ) {
dlAddr = (const struct sockaddr_dl *) cursor->ifa_addr;
base = (const unsigned char*) &dlAddr->sdl_data[dlAddr->sdl_nlen];
strcpy(macAddress, "");
for (i = 0; i < dlAddr->sdl_alen; i++) {
if (i != 0) {
strcat(macAddress, ":");
}
char partialAddr[3];
sprintf(partialAddr, "%02X", base[i]);
strcat(macAddress, partialAddr);
}
}
cursor = cursor->ifa_next;
}
freeifaddrs(addrs);
}
return macAddress;
}
And then I would call it asking for en0, as follows:
char* macAddressString= (char*)malloc(18);
NSString* macAddress= [[NSString alloc] initWithCString:getMacAddress(macAddressString, "en0")
encoding:NSMacOSRomanStringEncoding];
free(macAddressString);
Starting from iOS 7, the system always returns the value 02:00:00:00:00:00 when you ask for the MAC address on any device.
In iOS 7 and later, if you ask for the MAC address of an iOS device, the system returns the value 02:00:00:00:00:00. If you need to identify the device, use the identifierForVendor property of UIDevice instead. (Apps that need an identifier for their own advertising purposes should consider using the advertisingIdentifier property of ASIdentifierManager instead.)"
Reference: releasenotes
There are vary solutions about this, but I couldn't find a whole thing.
So I made my own solution for :
nicinfo
How to use :
NICInfoSummary* summary = [[[NICInfoSummary alloc] init] autorelease];
// en0 is for WiFi
NICInfo* wifi_info = [summary findNICInfo:#"en0"];
// you can get mac address in 'XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX' form
NSString* mac_address = [wifi_info getMacAddressWithSeparator:#"-"];
// ip can be multiple
if(wifi_info.nicIPInfos.count > 0)
{
NICIPInfo* ip_info = [wifi_info.nicIPInfos objectAtIndex:0];
NSString* ip = ip_info.ip;
NSString* netmask = ip_info.netmask;
NSString* broadcast_ip = ip_info.broadcastIP;
}
else
{
NSLog(#"WiFi not connected!");
}
This looks like a pretty clean solution: UIDevice BIdentifier
// Return the local MAC addy
// Courtesy of FreeBSD hackers email list
// Accidentally munged during previous update. Fixed thanks to erica sadun & mlamb.
- (NSString *) macaddress{
int mib[6];
size_t len;
char *buf;
unsigned char *ptr;
struct if_msghdr *ifm;
struct sockaddr_dl *sdl;
mib[0] = CTL_NET;
mib[1] = AF_ROUTE;
mib[2] = 0;
mib[3] = AF_LINK;
mib[4] = NET_RT_IFLIST;
if ((mib[5] = if_nametoindex("en0")) == 0) {
printf("Error: if_nametoindex error\n");
return NULL;
}
if (sysctl(mib, 6, NULL, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) {
printf("Error: sysctl, take 1\n");
return NULL;
}
if ((buf = malloc(len)) == NULL) {
printf("Could not allocate memory. error!\n");
return NULL;
}
if (sysctl(mib, 6, buf, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) {
printf("Error: sysctl, take 2");
free(buf);
return NULL;
}
ifm = (struct if_msghdr *)buf;
sdl = (struct sockaddr_dl *)(ifm + 1);
ptr = (unsigned char *)LLADDR(sdl);
NSString *outstring = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X",
*ptr, *(ptr+1), *(ptr+2), *(ptr+3), *(ptr+4), *(ptr+5)];
free(buf);
return outstring;
}
Now iOS 7 devices – are always returning a MAC address of 02:00:00:00:00:00.
So better use [UIDevice identifierForVendor].
so better to call this method to get app specific unique key
Category will more suitable
import "UIDevice+Identifier.h"
- (NSString *) identifierForVendor1
{
if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] respondsToSelector:#selector(identifierForVendor)]) {
return [[[UIDevice currentDevice] identifierForVendor] UUIDString];
}
return #"";
}
Now call above method to get unique address
NSString *like_UDID=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",
[[UIDevice currentDevice] identifierForVendor1]];
NSLog(#"%#",like_UDID);
#Grantland
This "pretty clean solution" looks similar to my own improvement over iPhoneDeveloperTips solution.
You can see my step here:
https://gist.github.com/1409855/
/* Original source code courtesy John from iOSDeveloperTips.com */
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/sysctl.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <net/if_dl.h>
+ (NSString *)getMacAddress
{
int mgmtInfoBase[6];
char *msgBuffer = NULL;
NSString *errorFlag = NULL;
size_t length;
// Setup the management Information Base (mib)
mgmtInfoBase[0] = CTL_NET; // Request network subsystem
mgmtInfoBase[1] = AF_ROUTE; // Routing table info
mgmtInfoBase[2] = 0;
mgmtInfoBase[3] = AF_LINK; // Request link layer information
mgmtInfoBase[4] = NET_RT_IFLIST; // Request all configured interfaces
// With all configured interfaces requested, get handle index
if ((mgmtInfoBase[5] = if_nametoindex("en0")) == 0)
errorFlag = #"if_nametoindex failure";
// Get the size of the data available (store in len)
else if (sysctl(mgmtInfoBase, 6, NULL, &length, NULL, 0) < 0)
errorFlag = #"sysctl mgmtInfoBase failure";
// Alloc memory based on above call
else if ((msgBuffer = malloc(length)) == NULL)
errorFlag = #"buffer allocation failure";
// Get system information, store in buffer
else if (sysctl(mgmtInfoBase, 6, msgBuffer, &length, NULL, 0) < 0)
{
free(msgBuffer);
errorFlag = #"sysctl msgBuffer failure";
}
else
{
// Map msgbuffer to interface message structure
struct if_msghdr *interfaceMsgStruct = (struct if_msghdr *) msgBuffer;
// Map to link-level socket structure
struct sockaddr_dl *socketStruct = (struct sockaddr_dl *) (interfaceMsgStruct + 1);
// Copy link layer address data in socket structure to an array
unsigned char macAddress[6];
memcpy(&macAddress, socketStruct->sdl_data + socketStruct->sdl_nlen, 6);
// Read from char array into a string object, into traditional Mac address format
NSString *macAddressString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X",
macAddress[0], macAddress[1], macAddress[2], macAddress[3], macAddress[4], macAddress[5]];
NSLog(#"Mac Address: %#", macAddressString);
// Release the buffer memory
free(msgBuffer);
return macAddressString;
}
// Error...
NSLog(#"Error: %#", errorFlag);
return nil;
}
It's not possible anymore on devices running iOS 7.0 or later, thus unavailable to get MAC address in Swift.
As Apple stated:
In iOS 7 and later, if you ask for the MAC address of an iOS device, the system returns the value 02:00:00:00:00:00. If you need to identify the device, use the identifierForVendor property of UIDevice instead. (Apps that need an identifier for their own advertising purposes should consider using the advertisingIdentifier property of ASIdentifierManager instead.)
#import <sys/socket.h>
#import <net/if_dl.h>
#import <ifaddrs.h>
#import <sys/xattr.h>
#define IFT_ETHER 0x6
...
- (NSString*)macAddress
{
NSString* result = nil;
char* macAddressString = (char*)malloc(18);
if (macAddressString != NULL)
{
strcpy(macAddressString, "");
struct ifaddrs* addrs = NULL;
struct ifaddrs* cursor;
if (getifaddrs(&addrs) == 0)
{
cursor = addrs;
while (cursor != NULL)
{
if ((cursor->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_LINK) && (((const struct sockaddr_dl*)cursor->ifa_addr)->sdl_type == IFT_ETHER) && strcmp("en0", cursor->ifa_name) == 0)
{
const struct sockaddr_dl* dlAddr = (const struct sockaddr_dl*) cursor->ifa_addr;
const unsigned char* base = (const unsigned char*)&dlAddr->sdl_data[dlAddr->sdl_nlen];
for (NSInteger index = 0; index < dlAddr->sdl_alen; index++)
{
char partialAddr[3];
sprintf(partialAddr, "%02X", base[index]);
strcat(macAddressString, partialAddr);
}
}
cursor = cursor->ifa_next;
}
}
result = [[[NSString alloc] initWithUTF8String:macAddressString] autorelease];
free(macAddressString);
}
return result;
}
To create a uniqueString based on unique identifier of device in iOS 6:
#import <AdSupport/ASIdentifierManager.h>
NSString *uniqueString = [[[ASIdentifierManager sharedManager] advertisingIdentifier] UUIDString];
NSLog(#"uniqueString: %#", uniqueString);
A lot of these questions only address the Mac address. If you also require the IP address I just wrote this, may need some work but seems to work well on my machine...
- (NSString *)getLocalIPAddress
{
NSArray *ipAddresses = [[NSHost currentHost] addresses];
NSArray *sortedIPAddresses = [ipAddresses sortedArrayUsingSelector:#selector(localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare:)];
NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
numberFormatter.allowsFloats = NO;
for (NSString *potentialIPAddress in sortedIPAddresses)
{
if ([potentialIPAddress isEqualToString:#"127.0.0.1"]) {
continue;
}
NSArray *ipParts = [potentialIPAddress componentsSeparatedByString:#"."];
BOOL isMatch = YES;
for (NSString *ipPart in ipParts) {
if (![numberFormatter numberFromString:ipPart]) {
isMatch = NO;
break;
}
}
if (isMatch) {
return potentialIPAddress;
}
}
// No IP found
return #"?.?.?.?";
}
i want to perform some DNS queries e.g. to get IP records against a specific domain name, i am looking for a preferred way or some useful snippet for this on iOS 3.2+ SDK.
thanx in advance
part from other snippets i found this code
Boolean result;
CFHostRef hostRef;
NSArray *addresses;
NSString *hostname = #"apple.com";
hostRef = CFHostCreateWithName(kCFAllocatorDefault, (CFStringRef)hostname);
if (hostRef) {
result = CFHostStartInfoResolution(hostRef, kCFHostAddresses, NULL); // pass an error instead of NULL here to find out why it failed
if (result == TRUE) {
addresses = (NSArray*)CFHostGetAddressing(hostRef, &result);
}
}
if (result == TRUE) {
[addresses enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(id obj, NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
NSString *strDNS = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:inet_ntoa(*((struct in_addr *)obj))];
NSLog(#"Resolved %d->%#", idx, strDNS);
}];
} else {
NSLog(#"Not resolved");
}
but this is producing same IP for every host Resolved 0->220.120.64.1 any help??
Figured out a change in this snippet makes it working
if (result == TRUE) {
NSMutableArray *tempDNS = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for(int i = 0; i < CFArrayGetCount(addresses); i++){
struct sockaddr_in* remoteAddr;
CFDataRef saData = (CFDataRef)CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(addresses, i);
remoteAddr = (struct sockaddr_in*)CFDataGetBytePtr(saData);
if(remoteAddr != NULL){
// Extract the ip address
//const char *strIP41 = inet_ntoa(remoteAddr->sin_addr);
NSString *strDNS =[NSString stringWithCString:inet_ntoa(remoteAddr->sin_addr) encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSLog(#"RESOLVED %d:<%#>", i, strDNS);
[tempDNS addObject:strDNS];
}
}
}
Bros there is a lot simpler way! Thanks to iOS being a unix system, you become a god with unlimited power and resource! I present elegance.
- (NSString*)lookupHostIPAddressForURL:(NSURL*)url
{
// Ask the unix subsytem to query the DNS
struct hostent *remoteHostEnt = gethostbyname([[url host] UTF8String]);
// Get address info from host entry
struct in_addr *remoteInAddr = (struct in_addr *) remoteHostEnt->h_addr_list[0];
// Convert numeric addr to ASCII string
char *sRemoteInAddr = inet_ntoa(*remoteInAddr);
// hostIP
NSString* hostIP = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:sRemoteInAddr];
return hostIP;
}
I am trying to connect from my iPhone to a socket server running on the same network on my computer. How can I get the local IP address of the computer that is running the socket server?
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <ifaddrs.h>
- (NSString *)getIPAddress
{
NSString *address = #"error";
struct ifaddrs *interfaces = NULL;
struct ifaddrs *temp_addr = NULL;
int success = 0;
// Retrieve the current interfaces - returns 0 on success
success = getifaddrs(&interfaces);
if (success == 0)
{
// Loop through linked list of interfaces
temp_addr = interfaces;
while(temp_addr != NULL)
{
if(temp_addr->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET)
{
// Check if interface is en0 which is the wifi connection on the iPhone
if([[NSString stringWithUTF8String:temp_addr->ifa_name] isEqualToString:#"en0"])
{
// Get NSString from C String
address = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:inet_ntoa(((struct sockaddr_in *)temp_addr->ifa_addr)->sin_addr)];
}
}
temp_addr = temp_addr->ifa_next;
}
}
// Free memory
freeifaddrs(interfaces);
return address;
}
Your server needs to broadcast itself using the mDNS protocol.
Then on the iPhone, you can simply use gethostbyname to get the IP address. You also have a specific API for that: DNS Service Discovery C Reference.
I want to find IP address in an application. I am able to find it. But, problem is, it works fins in iphone os 2.0 or so. But, in iphone os 3.0 it is giving me a warning:
warning: no '+currentHost' method found
warning: (Messages without a matching method signature)
I am using this code, and it works fine with os version 2.0.
-(NSString*)getAddress {
char iphone_ip[255];
strcpy(iphone_ip,"127.0.0.1"); // if everything fails
NSHost* myhost = [NSHost currentHost];
if (myhost)
{
NSString *ad = [myhost address];
if (ad)
strcpy(iphone_ip,[ad cStringUsingEncoding: NSISOLatin1StringEncoding]);
}
return [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%s",iphone_ip];
}
How to find IP address in iphone os 3.0 or greater os version?
Thanks in advance.
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <ifaddrs.h>
// retun the host name
+ (NSString *)hostname
{
char baseHostName[256];
int success = gethostname(baseHostName, 255);
if (success != 0) return nil;
baseHostName[255] = '\0';
#if !TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR
return [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%s.local", baseHostName];
#else
return [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%s", baseHostName];
#endif
}
// return IP Address
+ (NSString *)localIPAddress
{
struct hostent *host = gethostbyname([[self hostname] UTF8String]);
if (!host) {herror("resolv"); return nil;}
struct in_addr **list = (struct in_addr **)host->h_addr_list;
return [NSString stringWithCString:inet_ntoa(*list[0]) encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
}
As far as I know there is only one hacky way to do that. You basically open a socket and get its address using POSIX functions. Here is the code I used for this:
http://iphonesdksnippets.com/post/2009/09/07/Get-IP-address-of-iPhone.aspx
[NSHost currentHost] will also work, but it is deprecated and considered a "Private API" by Apple, so you won't be able to submit your application to App Store.
Put this script on a web server running PHP:
<?php
$ip = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
echo $ip;
?>
Call this on the device:
NSURL *scriptURL = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:#"http://yourserver.com/script.php"];
NSString *ip = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL: scriptURL encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:nil];
- (NSString *)getIPAddress {
NSString *address = #"error";
struct ifaddrs *interfaces = NULL;
struct ifaddrs *temp_addr = NULL;
int success = 0;
// retrieve the current interfaces - returns 0 on success
success = getifaddrs(&interfaces);
if (success == 0) {
// Loop through linked list of interfaces
temp_addr = interfaces;
while(temp_addr != NULL) {
if(temp_addr->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET) {
// Check if interface is en0 which is the wifi connection on the iPhone
// it may also be en1 on your ipad3.
if([[NSString stringWithUTF8String:temp_addr->ifa_name] isEqualToString:#"en0"]) {
// Get NSString from C String
address = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:inet_ntoa(((struct sockaddr_in *)temp_addr->ifa_addr)->sin_addr)];
}
}
temp_addr = temp_addr->ifa_next;
}
}
// Free memory
freeifaddrs(interfaces);
return address;
}
Use this to get your IP
If any errors
Please use
#include <ifaddrs.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
Getting the IP address is a bit hacky. Are you sure you couldn't live with the device ID (UDID) that is unique to each iPhone and can be retrieved easily via the public API ?
[UIDevice currentDevice].uniqueIdentifier
There is one more way to get the IP address and that too Global IP
NSString* ip=#"http://www.whatismyip.org/";
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:ip];
NSString *ans = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:url encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:&error];
NSLog(#"%#",ans);
The above site will give you the Global IP.
Just put this in your code and use the IP address where ever you want and also get the location of the user using your app as this gives global IP.
You should have a look to this good project:
uidevice-extension
Specialy this class
Import UIDevice-Reachability.h in your project then try with one of those commands:
NSString *myIp = [UIDevice localIPAddress];
NSString *myIp = [UIDevice localWiFiIPAddress];
NSString *myIp = [UIDevice whatismyipdotcom]; // is using #aamritrao solution
bool success;
struct ifaddrs *addrs;
const struct ifaddrs *cursor;
const struct sockaddr_dl *dlAddr;
const uint8_t *base;
int i;
success = getifaddrs(&addrs) == 0;
if (success) {
cursor = addrs;
while (cursor != NULL) {
if ( (cursor->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_LINK)
&& (((const struct sockaddr_dl *) cursor->ifa_addr)->sdl_type ==IFT_ETHER)
) {
dlAddr = (const struct sockaddr_dl *) cursor->ifa_addr;
// fprintf(stderr, " sdl_nlen = %d\n", dlAddr->sdl_nlen);
// fprintf(stderr, " sdl_alen = %d\n", dlAddr->sdl_alen);
base = (const uint8_t *) &dlAddr->sdl_data[dlAddr->sdl_nlen];
printf(" MAC address ");
for (i = 0; i < dlAddr->sdl_alen; i++) {
if (i != 0) {
printf(":");
}
printf("%02x", base[i]);
}
printf("\n");
}
cursor = cursor->ifa_next;
}
}
Excuse my iPhone/Objective-C newbie status please!
I've found my HTTP server using NSNetServiceBrowser, but now I just want the IP address and port of the service found.
I've got something like the following in my delegate method:
NSNetService* server = [serverBrowser.servers objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *name = nil;
NSData *address = nil;
struct sockaddr_in *socketAddress = nil;
NSString *ipString = nil;
int port;
uint i;
for (i = 0; i < [[server addresses] count]; i++)
{
name = [server name];
address = [[server addresses] objectAtIndex:i];
socketAddress = (struct sockaddr_in *)
[address bytes];
ipString = [NSString stringWithFormat: #"%s",
inet_ntoa (socketAddress->sin_addr)];
port = socketAddress->sin_port;
NSLog(#"Server found is %s %d",ipString,port);
}
but the for loop is never entered, even though the delegate is called. Any ideas? Thanks!
I realize this is an old thread, but I've just run across this as well. There are a few problems with the code above:
It's not IPv6 savvy. At a
minimum, it should detect and
discard IPv6 addresses if the rest
of your app can only handle v4
addresses, but ideally you should be
prepared to pass both address
families upstream.
The port assignment will
generate incorrect values for Intel
processors. You need to use htons
to fix that.
As Andrew noted above, the
iteration should use the enhanced
for loop.
(EDIT: Added this) As noted on another related thread, the use of inet_ntoa is discouraged in favor of inet_ntop.
Putting all of this together, you get:
char addressBuffer[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
for (NSData *data in self.addresses)
{
memset(addressBuffer, 0, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN);
typedef union {
struct sockaddr sa;
struct sockaddr_in ipv4;
struct sockaddr_in6 ipv6;
} ip_socket_address;
ip_socket_address *socketAddress = (ip_socket_address *)[data bytes];
if (socketAddress && (socketAddress->sa.sa_family == AF_INET || socketAddress->sa.sa_family == AF_INET6))
{
const char *addressStr = inet_ntop(
socketAddress->sa.sa_family,
(socketAddress->sa.sa_family == AF_INET ? (void *)&(socketAddress->ipv4.sin_addr) : (void *)&(socketAddress->ipv6.sin6_addr)),
addressBuffer,
sizeof(addressBuffer));
int port = ntohs(socketAddress->sa.sa_family == AF_INET ? socketAddress->ipv4.sin_port : socketAddress->ipv6.sin6_port);
if (addressStr && port)
{
NSLog(#"Found service at %s:%d", addressStr, port);
}
}
}
The NSNetService you get back in the callback isn't ready to be used. You have to call the following method to get addresses for it:
- (void)resolveWithTimeout:(NSTimeInterval)timeout;
Implement the NSNetService delegate method to find out when it resolves:
- (void)netServiceDidResolveAddress:(NSNetService *)sender;
At that point, there should be at least one address in the service.
Also, take care to read the documentation and the header file carefully! There is some complexity to the issue here that I've glossed over.
Remix of the accepted answer in a category:
NSNetService+Util.h
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#interface NSNetService (Util)
- (NSArray*) addressesAndPorts;
#end
#interface AddressAndPort : NSObject
#property (nonatomic, assign) int port;
#property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *address;
#end
NSNetService+Util.m
#import "NSNetService+Util.h"
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#implementation NSNetService (Util)
- (NSArray*) addressesAndPorts {
// this came from http://stackoverflow.com/a/4976808/8047
NSMutableArray *retVal = [NSMutableArray array];
char addressBuffer[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
for (NSData *data in self.addresses)
{
memset(addressBuffer, 0, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN);
typedef union {
struct sockaddr sa;
struct sockaddr_in ipv4;
struct sockaddr_in6 ipv6;
} ip_socket_address;
ip_socket_address *socketAddress = (ip_socket_address *)[data bytes];
if (socketAddress && (socketAddress->sa.sa_family == AF_INET || socketAddress->sa.sa_family == AF_INET6))
{
const char *addressStr = inet_ntop(
socketAddress->sa.sa_family,
(socketAddress->sa.sa_family == AF_INET ? (void *)&(socketAddress->ipv4.sin_addr) : (void *)&(socketAddress->ipv6.sin6_addr)),
addressBuffer,
sizeof(addressBuffer));
int port = ntohs(socketAddress->sa.sa_family == AF_INET ? socketAddress->ipv4.sin_port : socketAddress->ipv6.sin6_port);
if (addressStr && port)
{
AddressAndPort *aAndP = [[AddressAndPort alloc] init];
aAndP.address = [NSString stringWithCString:addressStr encoding:kCFStringEncodingUTF8];
aAndP.port = port;
[retVal addObject:aAndP];
}
}
}
return retVal;
}
#end
#implementation AddressAndPort
#end
[Yes, I have no fear of creating lots of NSObject instances...]