# addingConnections(from:) Makes additional network connections over a preexisting Wi-Fi Aware data path without publishing or advertising services over Wi-Fi Aware. ``` static func addingConnections(from pairedDevices: WAPublisherListener.Devices) -> WAPublisherListener.Action ``` ## Parameters `pairedDevices` The remote devices from which to accept connections. The `NetworkListener` isn’t activated if the system doesn’t specify any devices. ## Return Value A new `WAPublisherListener.Action` that configures the listener to accept network connections from specified paired devices. ## Discussion Set up your app’s first connection to a device using Wi-Fi Aware service discovery. Apps can do so by defining a single “control” service used for initial discovery and connection, and creating a `NetworkListener` for that service via . Subsequent connections may then use a `.addingConnections` `NetworkListener` to quickly connect without going through the service discovery process again. The framework limits the listener to accepting connections from the paired devices specified. > Important: Your app must have at least one pre-existing to a remote device before it can make additional connections to an `.addingConnections NetworkListener` on that device. ```swift // Create a listener to add new connections. let listener = try NetworkListener(for: .wifiAware(.addingConnections(from: .matching(devices))), using: .parameters({ TCP() })) // Get the port number once the listener is in the ready state. guard let port = listener.port { return } // Send the port number to the client device or devices over the control connection. ``` --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)