Is it possible to connect to a WiFi network with NEHotspotConfigurationManager and also tell the phone to use Cellular Data? Or control the timing of the popup that asks the user if user wants to use Cell Data?

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mellis94 OP
Created Dec ’20
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I connect to a device's WiFi hotspot to control the external device. The device WiFi does not provide internet/data for the iOS device. The popup that asks if the user wants to use Cellular Data disrupts the usage of my app/device and can cause serious problems by disrupting the user's control of the device.


Is there a way to prevent it from happening, prompt it to happen immediately, or to do it myself and tell the NEHotspotConfigurationManager to use Cellular Data or not since the WiFi network won't be providing internet access?
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mellis94 OP
Dec ’21

Confirmed no way to do this. Please submit your own bug report for this. Duplicate question I asked a year later without realizing it: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/696320

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Systems Engineer OP
Apple
Dec ’21

Right, that post does explain the state of this situation.

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TL77 OP
Jan ’22

Any updates on this?

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Is it possible to connect to a WiFi network with NEHotspotConfigurationManager and also tell the phone to use Cellular Data? Or control the timing of the popup that asks the user if user wants to use Cell Data?
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