Are there any workarounds for Wi-Fi Assist?

If our users have Wi-Fi Assist enabled on their devices (and it is enabled by default) our users have a hard time connecting their phones to our custom hardware product because our Wi-Fi base station doesn't have internet access. A key function of our product is dependent on our users connecting to our product's self-served Wi-Fi network and visiting the URL for our web app. With Wi-Fi Assist enabled, our web app cannot load as the user's device will try loading the URL over cellular rather than from our hardware.

Are there any known workarounds to force an iOS device to load a URL over Wi-Fi even when connected to a Wi-Fi network without internet access?
Answered by Systems Engineer in 669715022
For lower level network connections, like NWConnection, you can set a requiredInterface to .wifi, but for connections over the web or through Mobile Safari I am not aware of a workaround to specify the interface.

Matt Eaton
DTS Engineering, CoreOS
meaton3@apple.com
Accepted Answer
For lower level network connections, like NWConnection, you can set a requiredInterface to .wifi, but for connections over the web or through Mobile Safari I am not aware of a workaround to specify the interface.

Matt Eaton
DTS Engineering, CoreOS
meaton3@apple.com
Are there any workarounds for Wi-Fi Assist?
 
 
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