Inquiry Regarding NEHotspotNetwork fetchCurrent Method

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Created Mar ’24

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I am reaching out regarding the usage of the fetchCurrent method within the NEHotspotNetwork framework. According to the documentation provided at [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/nehotspotnetwork/3666511-fetchcurrent], it is mentioned that in order to utilize this method, the application needs to meet all four of the following conditions:

  The app is using the Core Location API and has the user’s authorization to access precise location.

  The app used the NEHotspotConfiguration API to configure the current Wi-Fi network.

  The app has active VPN configurations installed.

  The app has an active NEDNSSettingsManager configuration installed.

However, upon reviewing the comments in the code for the fetchCurrent method, it states: "This method returns SSID, BSSID, and security type of the current Wi-Fi network when the requesting application meets one of the following 4 requirements -." Could you please clarify whether it is necessary to fulfill all four conditions or if meeting just one of the four requirements is sufficient to use the fetchCurrent method?

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Answer 1

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Mar ’24

The docs are wrong and the doc comments are right.

I’d appreciate you filing a bug against the docs. Please post your bug number, just for the record.

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dmanole OP

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Reopening the discussion here. According to the comments in code: "An application will receive nil if it fails to meet any of the above 4 requirements." (so we need all 4 requirements to get a non-nil value). According to the Apple documentation: "This method produces a non-nil NEHotspotNetwork object only when the requesting app meets at least one of the following criteria". Basically the same issue mentioned above, but reversed now. Which documentation is right?

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