Re: CNCopySupportedInterfaces broken in iOS 9.2.1
Re: CNCopySupportedInterfaces broken in iOS 9.2.1
- Subject: Re: CNCopySupportedInterfaces broken in iOS 9.2.1
- From: Dieter Siegmund <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 17:41:57 -0800
> On Jan 19, 2016, at 5:25 PM, Rick Mann <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> On Jan 19, 2016, at 17:20 , Carl Hoefs <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> After upgrading a number of devices to iOS 9.2.1, we have belatedly
>> discovered that now CNCopySupportedInterfaces() returns only nil, whereas
>> in iOS 9.2 and earlier it returned a CFArray of interfaces.
>>
>> Is there a replacement for this function (to obtain the currently
>> connected SSID)? Or is this just plain broken? This functionality is
>> essential to much we're doing right now.
>
> This is, unfortunately, by design. If your app is a (narrowly-defined) hot spot helper app, then there are other APIs for finding out *some* network information, but you need special permission from Apple to use them, and they're not willing to approve uses outside the box.
CNCopySupportedInterfaces() *should* continue to be working in iOS 9.
If you haven’t already, please file a problem report.
Thanks,
Dieter
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> It sucks.
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