*shrug*. Some people at Apple try to provide the users with functionality they need. The more customers ask for something, the more likely Apple will be to provide it.
I am not hopeful. Apple doesn't seem to be budging on any of the requests I've ever made around WiFi. But not requesting it certainly won't help to get it. > On Nov 12, 2015, at 15:35 , Carl Hoefs <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu> wrote: > > "indicating why you need the SSID" > > You're kidding, right? > > -Carl > >> On Nov 12, 2015, at 4:03 PM, Rick Mann <rm...@latencyzero.com> wrote: >> >> 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 <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu> >>> 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 (Macnetworkprog@lists.apple.com) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/macnetworkprog/rmann%40latencyzero.com >>> >>> This email sent to rm...@latencyzero.com >> >> >> -- >> Rick Mann >> rm...@latencyzero.com > -- Rick Mann rm...@latencyzero.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Macnetworkprog mailing list (Macnetworkprog@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/macnetworkprog/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
