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Asked: 2026-06-07T22:10:38+00:00

I am working on an app that needs to add a wifi network (i.e.,

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I am working on an app that needs to add a wifi network (i.e., SSID and password) to the list of known ones of the mobile phone, so that it connects to that network automatically even when seeing it for the first time.

I already did this on Android, and now I will start working on the iPhone version.

Question: On the iPhone, is it possible to have my app (when it runs for the first time) add a wifi network to the list of known ones of the device, and if so, any hints regarding how to do it?

Thanks a lot.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Unfortunately this is not possible on iOS.

    Apple doesn’t provide any public APIs to add network SSIDs or passwords.

    The most you can do is to enable your app to manage the user’s authentication for a public network, (as is done for things like Boingo and The Cloud). In this case, when the user joins a network, instead of a webpage opening to authenticate, your app can launch and provide the authentication – but that is as far as you can go.

    We asked for clarification on this point to Apple in the dev forums and were told that it is definitely not possible. (I will try to dig out the link to that post for you when I get more time. Else, search your query on the dev forums and it might show up).

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