Sadly, this is the direction Apple has taken. You can try to ask them for an exception (I think for getting approved as a hotspot helper), but they refused my request. I don't even remember the right channel to ask.
I do recommend writing a Radar report indicating why you need the SSID. > On Nov 12, 2015, at 11:04 , Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have an in-house iPhone app that displays the SSID of the connected WiFi > ad-hoc network on the UI. > > I've been using these simple steps to get a network info dictionary: > CNCopySupportedInterfaces() > CFArrayGetValueAtIndex() > CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo() > > In iOS 9, the above has been deprecated in favor the new NEHotspotHelper > class. My app doesn't want/need to be a 'hotspot helper', I just would like > to obtain the current network's SSID string, if any. Using NEHotspotHelper > seems like tremendous overkill (plus having to register the app as a 'hotspot > helper') just to do this. Is there a simpler way? > > -Carl > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Macnetworkprog mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/macnetworkprog/rmann%40latencyzero.com > > This email sent to [email protected] -- Rick Mann [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Macnetworkprog mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/macnetworkprog/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
