iPhone get SSID without private library

Question

I have a commercial app that has a completely legitimate reason to see the SSID of the network it is connected to: If it is connected to a Adhoc network for a 3rd party har

Answer 1

Here's the short & sweet Swift version.

Remember to link and import the Framework:

import UIKit
import SystemConfiguration.CaptiveNetwork

Define the method:

func fetchSSIDInfo() -> CFDictionary? {
    if let
        ifs = CNCopySupportedInterfaces().takeUnretainedValue() as? [String],
        ifName = ifs.first,
        info = CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo((ifName as CFStringRef))
    {
        return info.takeUnretainedValue()
    }
    return nil
}

Call the method when you need it:

if let
    ssidInfo = fetchSSIDInfo() as? [String:AnyObject],
    ssID = ssidInfo["SSID"] as? String
{
    println("SSID: \(ssID)")
} else {
    println("SSID not found")
}

As mentioned elsewhere, this only works on your iDevice. When not on WiFi, the method will return nil – hence the optional.