How to Access WiFi Connection Channel in iOS App?

Hi everyone,

I'm developing an enterprise iOS application and need to access the WiFi connection channel. I understand that Apple's privacy and security policies restrict direct access to certain network details, including the WiFi connection channel.

After some research, I found that this data might be accessible via the private API MobileWiFi.framework. However, when I tried to use this framework, I encountered the following error:

Missing com.apple.wifi.manager-access entitlement

I reached out to Apple regarding this entitlement, but they were not familiar with it, suggesting it might be deprecated.

Here are my questions:

  1. Is there an official or supported way to access the WiFi connection channel in an enterprise iOS app?

  2. If not, is there any workaround or additional steps required to use the MobileWiFi.framework without encountering the entitlement error?

  3. Are there any specific entitlements or provisioning profile configurations that I need to be aware of to resolve this issue?

Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Answered by DTS Engineer in 834623022
Written by AliaZiada in 780637021
Is there an official or supported way to access the WiFi connection channel in an enterprise iOS app?

No.

For a list of Wi-Fi APIs on iOS, see TN3111 iOS Wi-Fi API overview. Notably, getting channel information is not in that list.

If you’re working in an enterprise environment there is an alternative you might pursue: Rather than do this on the client, do it in your Wi-Fi infrastructure. That is, stand up a web service that returns the Wi-Fi channel for the client and then invoke that web server from your app.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

Written by AliaZiada in 780637021
Is there an official or supported way to access the WiFi connection channel in an enterprise iOS app?

No.

For a list of Wi-Fi APIs on iOS, see TN3111 iOS Wi-Fi API overview. Notably, getting channel information is not in that list.

If you’re working in an enterprise environment there is an alternative you might pursue: Rather than do this on the client, do it in your Wi-Fi infrastructure. That is, stand up a web service that returns the Wi-Fi channel for the client and then invoke that web server from your app.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

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