How do I use CaptiveNetwork to get the current WiFi Hotspot Name

Question

I need to get the name of the currently connected Wi-Fi hotspot, e.g. \"BT OpenZone\"

I have been told it can be done with CaptiveNetwork specifically CNCopyCurrentN

Answer 1

You need to find out which networks are available, and then pass them into CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo. For example:

CFArrayRef myArray = CNCopySupportedInterfaces();
CFDictionaryRef myDict = CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo(CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(myArray, 0));

...and you can then use the kCNNetworkInfoKeySSID on the dictionary you've got back (myDict) to find out the SSID. Don't forget to release/manage memory appropriately.