Get SSID in Swift 2

Question

Im trying to use this code to get SSID

import Foundation
import SystemConfiguration.CaptiveNetwork

public class SSID {
    class func getSSID() -> String{
        var currentSSID = ""
        let interfaces = CNCopySupportedInterfaces()
        if interfaces != nil {
            let interfacesArray = interfaces.takeRetainedValue() as [String : AnyObject]
            if interfacesArray.count > 0 {
                let interfaceName = interfacesArray[0] as String
                let unsafeInterfaceData = CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo(interfaceName)
                if unsafeInterfaceData != nil {
                    let interfaceData = unsafeInterfaceData.takeRetainedValue() as Dictionary!
                    currentSSID = interfaceData[kCNNetworkInfoKeySSID] as! String
                    let ssiddata = NSString(data:interfaceData[kCNNetworkInfoKeySSIDData]! as! NSData, encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding) as! String
                    // ssid data from hex
                    print(ssiddata)
                }
            }
        }
        return currentSSID
    }
}

But in getting an error in this line let interfacesArray = interfaces.takeRetainedValue() as [String : AnyObject]

The error is

Value of type 'CFArray?' has no member 'takeRetainedValue'

Thanks for your help

Answer 1

In swift 2, you don't have to call takeRetainedValue.

Replace the code interfaces.takeRetainedValue() as [String : AnyObject] with Array(arrayLiteral: interfaces).

Also remember change the code interfacesArray[0] as String into String(interfacesArray[0]).

Full code ：

public class SSID {
class func getSSID() -> String{
    var currentSSID = ""
    let interfaces = CNCopySupportedInterfaces()
    if interfaces != nil {
        let interfacesArray = Array(arrayLiteral: interfaces)
        if interfacesArray.count > 0 {
            let interfaceName =  String(interfacesArray[0])
            let unsafeInterfaceData = CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo(interfaceName)
            if unsafeInterfaceData != nil {
                let interfaceData = unsafeInterfaceData.takeRetainedValue() as Dictionary!
                currentSSID = interfaceData[kCNNetworkInfoKeySSID] as! String
                let ssiddata = NSString(data:interfaceData[kCNNetworkInfoKeySSIDData]! as! NSData, encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding) as! String
                // ssid data from hex
                print(ssiddata)
            }
        }
    }
    return currentSSID
}

}

Answer 2

In Swift 3 (works in real device and simulator):

import SystemConfiguration.CaptiveNetwork

internal class SSID {
    class func fetchSSIDInfo() ->  String {
        var currentSSID = ""
        if let interfaces:CFArray = CNCopySupportedInterfaces() {
            for i in 0..<CFArrayGetCount(interfaces){
                let interfaceName: UnsafeRawPointer = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(interfaces, i)
                let rec = unsafeBitCast(interfaceName, to: AnyObject.self)
                let unsafeInterfaceData = CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo("\(rec)" as CFString)
                if unsafeInterfaceData != nil {

                    let interfaceData = unsafeInterfaceData! as Dictionary!
                    currentSSID = ((interfaceData as? [String : AnyObject])?["SSID"])! as! String

                }
            }
        }
        return currentSSID
    }
}

Usage:

SSID.fetchSSIDInfo()

//will return "" if no connected wifi or running in simulator 

Answer 3

The following function return the wifi name and the Mac address

    func getNetworkInfo()->(success:Bool,ssid:String,mac:String){
      var currentSSID:String = ""
      var macAdrees:String = ""
      var succes:Bool = false
      let interfaces:CFArray! = CNCopySupportedInterfaces()
      for i in 0..<CFArrayGetCount(interfaces){
        let interfaceName: UnsafePointer<Void>
        =  CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(interfaces, i)
        let rec = unsafeBitCast(interfaceName, AnyObject.self)
        let unsafeInterfaceData = CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo("\(rec)")
        if unsafeInterfaceData != nil {
            let interfaceData = unsafeInterfaceData! as Dictionary!
            currentSSID = interfaceData["SSID"] as! String
            macAdrees = interfaceData["BSSID"] as! String
            succes = true
        } else {
            currentSSID = ""
        }
    }

    return (succes, currentSSID, macAdrees)
}

This code works fine. You will note some warning in your development target >= iOS9

Answer 4

Swift 4 version

import SystemConfiguration.CaptiveNetwork


func getSSID() -> String? {
    guard let interface = (CNCopySupportedInterfaces() as? [String])?.first,
        let unsafeInterfaceData = CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo(interface as CFString) as? [String: Any],
        let ssid = unsafeInterfaceData["SSID"] as? String else{
            return nil
    }
    return ssid
}

Answer 5

You can find an another answer with updated Swift standards of @japes answer which supports both Swift 3 and Swift 4. Return empty "" on simulators.

import SystemConfiguration.CaptiveNetwork

internal class SSID {

    class func fetchSSIDInfo() -> String {
        var currentSSID = ""
        if let interfaces = CNCopySupportedInterfaces() {
            for i in 0..<CFArrayGetCount(interfaces){
                let interfaceName = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(interfaces, i)
                let rec = unsafeBitCast(interfaceName, to: AnyObject.self)
                guard let unsafeInterfaceData = CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo("\(rec)" as CFString) else {
                    return currentSSID
                }
                guard let interfaceData = unsafeInterfaceData as? [String: Any] else {
                    return currentSSID
                }
                guard let SSID = interfaceData["SSID"] as? String else {
                    return currentSSID
                }
                currentSSID = SSID
            }
        }
        return currentSSID
    }

}

Answer 6

This is my solution Swift 3 iOS 10 and it works well with Xcode 8

import Foundation

import SystemConfiguration.CaptiveNetwork

class network : NSObject {

    func getSSID() -> String? {

        let interfaces = CNCopySupportedInterfaces()
        if interfaces == nil {
            return nil
        }

        let interfacesArray = interfaces as! [String]
        if interfacesArray.count <= 0 {
            return nil
        }

        let interfaceName = interfacesArray[0] as String
        let unsafeInterfaceData =     CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo(interfaceName as CFString)
        if unsafeInterfaceData == nil {
            return nil
        }

        let interfaceData = unsafeInterfaceData as! Dictionary <String,AnyObject>

        return interfaceData["SSID"] as? String
    }

}

To use it:

let wifiName = network().getSSID()

    guard wifiName != nil else {

        //// TODO: Alert -----
        print("no wifi name")

        return
    }


    print("my network name is: \(wifiName!)")

PS: Attention it not works on simulator