How to Programmatically Get the MAC Address of an Iphone

How can I programmatically get the MAC address of an iphone

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NOTE As of iOS7, you can no longer retrieve device MAC addresses. A fixed value will be returned rather than the actual MAC

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Somthing I stumbled across a while ago. Originally from here I modified it a bit and cleaned things up.

IPAddress.h

IPAddress.c

And to use it

InitAddresses();
GetIPAddresses();
GetHWAddresses();

int i;
NSString *deviceIP = nil;
for (i=0; i<MAXADDRS; ++i)
{
    static unsigned long localHost = 0x7F000001;        // 127.0.0.1
    unsigned long theAddr;

    theAddr = ip_addrs[i];

    if (theAddr == 0) break;
    if (theAddr == localHost) continue;

    NSLog(@"Name: %s MAC: %s IP: %s\n", if_names[i], hw_addrs[i], ip_names[i]);

        //decided what adapter you want details for
    if (strncmp(if_names[i], "en", 2) == 0)
    {
        NSLog(@"Adapter en has a IP of %s", ip_names[i]);
    }
}

Adapter names vary depending on the simulator/device as well as wifi or cell on the device.

How to get MAC address programmatically in my iOS app

Mac address is unavailable from ios 7 and up.

Apple Said

In iOS 7 and later, if you ask for the MAC address of an iOS device,
the system returns the value 02:00:00:00:00:00. If you need to
identify the device, use the identifierForVendor property of UIDevice
instead. (Apps that need an identifier for their own advertising
purposes should consider using the advertisingIdentifier property of
ASIdentifierManager instead.)

Check bottom of the page into Apple Document.

So better solution for that.
Following code returns unique address.

#import "UIDevice+Identifier.h"

- (NSString *) identifierForVendor1
{
     if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] respondsToSelector:@selector(identifierForVendor)]) {
          return [[[UIDevice currentDevice] identifierForVendor] UUIDString];
     }
     return @"";
}

Calling Method

NSString *like_UDID=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",
                [[UIDevice currentDevice] identifierForVendor1]];

NSLog(@"%@",like_UDID);

Also another solution visit HERE

Edited

UIDevice+Identifier.h

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface UIDevice (IdentifierAddition)
- (NSString *) identifierForVendor1;
@end

UIDevice+Identifier.m

#import "UIDevice+Identifier.h"

@implementation UIDevice (IdentifierAddition)
- (NSString *) identifierForVendor1
{
    if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] respondsToSelector:@selector(identifierForVendor)]) {
        return [[[UIDevice currentDevice] identifierForVendor] UUIDString];
    }
    return @"";
}

@end

Calling above Function.

ViewController.m

#import "ViewController.h"
#import "UIDevice+Identifier.h"

@interface ViewController ()

@end

@implementation ViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

    NSString *like_UDID=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",
                         [[UIDevice currentDevice] identifierForVendor1]];


    NSLog(@"%@",like_UDID);
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

@end

How to get the wifi mac address on iPhone in Swift?

When you request the Device MAC address in iOS 7 and above you will always get the same response: 02:00:00:00:00:00, this has been made by Apple for privacy concerns.

In iOS 7 and later, if you ask for the MAC address of an iOS device, the system returns the value 02:00:00:00:00:00. If you need to identify the device, use the identifierForVendor property of UIDevice instead. (Apps that need an identifier for their own advertising purposes should consider using the advertisingIdentifier property of ASIdentifierManager instead.)

Apple recommends to switch to UDID instead if you need to uniquely identify an iOS device. In Swift you can use this:

UIDevice.currentDevice().identifierForVendor

if you want a string instead use:

UIDevice.currentDevice().identifierForVendor.UUIDString

Here's a nice reading about UDID

How can I programmatically get the Bluetooth MAC address of an iPhone?

There is no public API to get this information.

If this is an internal or jailbreak application you can get the value of the kLockdownBluetoothAddressKey key via liblockdown.dylib

How can I programmatically get the MAC address of an iphone

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NOTE As of iOS7, you can no longer retrieve device MAC addresses. A fixed value will be returned rather than the actual MAC

---

Somthing I stumbled across a while ago. Originally from here I modified it a bit and cleaned things up.

IPAddress.h

IPAddress.c

And to use it

InitAddresses();
GetIPAddresses();
GetHWAddresses();

int i;
NSString *deviceIP = nil;
for (i=0; i<MAXADDRS; ++i)
{
    static unsigned long localHost = 0x7F000001;        // 127.0.0.1
    unsigned long theAddr;

    theAddr = ip_addrs[i];

    if (theAddr == 0) break;
    if (theAddr == localHost) continue;

    NSLog(@"Name: %s MAC: %s IP: %s\n", if_names[i], hw_addrs[i], ip_names[i]);

        //decided what adapter you want details for
    if (strncmp(if_names[i], "en", 2) == 0)
    {
        NSLog(@"Adapter en has a IP of %s", ip_names[i]);
    }
}

Adapter names vary depending on the simulator/device as well as wifi or cell on the device.

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