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Asked: 2026-05-31T10:51:08+00:00

I’ve heard that iOS 5 introduced a feature in which the iOS device can

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I’ve heard that iOS 5 introduced a feature in which the iOS device can share its wifi configuration with a docked accessory via the ExternalAccessory framework. The trouble is that I can’t find any specific details on implementing this type of scheme in the SDK docs.

From my research, I’ve begun to suspect it’s achieved via the ‘iPhone Configuration Utility’ but this still seems like a bit of a messy method to implement on a device.

Anyone got any ideas?

Once the wifi setup data is available, it should be easy enough to package it up and send it out via the ExternalAccessory framework to the device, where I’ll build in protocol support accordingly.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I doubt Apple would ever allow for an average developer to access private data such as wifi connections settings. Maybe trusted third party accessory provider yes, but you probably no.

    Wifi settings are private and contain passwords. An average (non-power) user uses more or less the same/similar password for everything including their Wifi network. If an app can easily read that it could be badly exploited.

    The same way you cannot get the Apple id let alone the password.

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