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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

How to retrieve device's IP Address programmatically

// Add these header files in your *.m file
#include "ifaddrs.h"
#include "arpa/inet.h"


// Add this function in your *.m file
- (NSString *)getIPAddress {

NSString *address = @"error";
struct ifaddrs *interfaces = NULL;
struct ifaddrs *temp_addr = NULL;
int success = 0;
// retrieve the current interfaces - returns 0 on success
success = getifaddrs(&interfaces);
if (success == 0) {
// Loop through linked list of interfaces
temp_addr = interfaces;
while(temp_addr != NULL) {
if(temp_addr->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET) {
// Check if interface is en0 which is the wifi connection on the iPhone
if([[NSString stringWithUTF8String:temp_addr->ifa_name] isEqualToString:@"en0"]) {
// Get NSString from C String
address = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:inet_ntoa(((struct sockaddr_in *)temp_addr->ifa_addr)->sin_addr)];

}

}

temp_addr = temp_addr->ifa_next;
}
}
// Free memory
freeifaddrs(interfaces);
return address;

}