Wi-Fi Encryption iOS, Network Extension and App Review Process

As the replies point out, there are no pre-reviews, and you should file a request if this is something like going forward.

You'll need to go thru that process same as the rest of us, as recommended, but I suspect that what you want via the noted API isn't going to get you very far.

Good luck.

So now i'm trying the forum to get an answer about my approach.

You haven’t asked a specific question (I searched for question marks in your post and there is none )-: so I’m going to point you to our general answer on this, namely, QA1942 iOS Wi-Fi Management APIs.

With regards NEHotspotHelper, the Q&A says:

If your app helps the user navigate a hotspot (a Wi-Fi network where the user must interact with the network to gain access to the wider Internet), you should look at NEHotspotHelper …

Given that your app does not help the user navigate a hotspot, it seems unlikely that you’ll be granted the special entitlement required to use NEHotspotHelper.

With regards NEHotspotConfigurationManager, you wrote:

(trial and error approach to retrieve the encryption - definitly not the best)

I can’t imagine how that would work. If I recall correctly NEHotspotConfigurationManager doesn’t give you any indication as to whether it successfully joined the network, just whether it saved your configuration. And beyond that, how are you going to ‘trial and error’ the network password?

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Hi !

> You haven’t asked a specific question (I searched for question marks in your post and there is none )-: so I’m going to point you to our general answer on this, namely, QA1942 iOS Wi-Fi Management APIs.

As i said in my first sentence, the initial goal was to retrieve the wi-fi encryption of a known wi-fi hotspot (how can i retrieve it (and pass the review process) ?)

> Given that your app does not help the user navigate a hotspot, it seems unlikely that you’ll be granted the special entitlement required to use NEHotspotHelper.

✅. In a way i'm trying to assess the Wi-Fi, and helping the user to connect to a safe network.

> I can’t imagine how that would work. If I recall correctly NEHotspotConfigurationManager doesn’t give you any indication as to whether it successfully joined the network, just whether it saved your configuration.

I didn't know that the configuration wasn't tested, from that screen below (LINK IMG)(of the WWDC17 Advances in Networking, Part 1), i thought the apply method was testing the configuration.

The documentation of the apply method of the NEHostpotConfigurationManager says :

Adds or updates a Wi-Fi network configuration after prompting the user for permission, and then attempts to join the network under certain conditions.

> And beyond that, how are you going to ‘trial and error’ the network password?

The trial and error approach is more about the init with bad arguments (set isWEP to true for example) to guess the encryption.

About the network password, the only option is to ask the user to fill out a password form (without store it permanently).

Retrieving the encryption is only one of some features that i need to develop, i don't want to develop all the app and be rejected from the App Review Process because of my "misuse" of the Network Extension. That's why i'm asking, will it be rejected doing this way ?

Hello, I am currently developing a NEHotSpotHelper APP, but after iOS11 update found a problem. The problem is, in iOS11 NEHotspotHelper.register method in the connection after WiFi is no longer implemented, and in the first time into the system WiFi list page is not implemented, only in the 4G and other mobile networks can call. So I ask how iOS11 can be in the WiFi connection, can also call this method.

I didn't know that the configuration wasn't tested, from that screen below … i thought the apply method was testing the configuration.

Given that NEHotspotConfigurationManager is a super simple API, my recommendation is that you create a small test project and try this out for yourself.

That's why i'm asking, will it be rejected doing this way ?

The only folks who can give you definitive answers about what will or won’t be allowed on the store is App Review.

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I am currently developing a NEHotSpotHelper APP, but after iOS11 update found a problem.

Given that your issue is quite different from benjerem’s, I recommend that you open a new thread for it.

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