This creates a tenuous situation for people trying to make a living writing applications which utilize Wi-Fi. But it’s worse for the developers who have Wi-Fi apps already on the store: they can’t be updated with new features, because that would require sandboxing. Which means iStumbler stuck outside of the App Store and it’s throngs of paying customers, and instead has to rely on discovery and sales via my web site (hint-hint). With App Sandbox, your app cannot modify the system’s network configuration (whether with the System Configuration framework, the CoreWLAN framework, or other similar APIs) because doing so requires administrator privileges. Sadly, I missed the window to submit it before the App Sandbox became a requirement, which as you can see from the App Sandbox Design Guide precludes using CoreWLAN:
ISTUMBLER WINDOWS 10 MAC
Much has been written about the limitations of the App Sandbox and the Mac App store over the past few years, despite the (relatively modest) amount of work involved, I’d be very happy to have iStumbler in the Mac App store. I just can’t think of a way to get affirmative consent from a user… Enter Sandbox But no matter, there was an API, it did everything that was needed and it replaced the reverse engineered Apple80211.h file everyone had been using up to that point. That WWDC video isn’t available, I presume, because the API that I got up on stage and presented, wasn’t CoreWLAN, and neither the placeholder or the eventual incumbent were my first choice.
Just one small wrinkle there was a question about which Wi-Fi API was going to be published. In fact, your truly got to introduce the feature at WWDC after working with World Wide Developer Relations organization and spending a lot of time persuading my colleges to just let it happen already. Seems simple enough, we have had CoreWLAN on macOS since 10.6. I only ever have one wish for WWDC: a single, comprehensive Wi-Fi API on all Apple platforms which can be used for apps released in the App Stores. Legions of fans sit huddled over glowing screens watching the video and refreshing news sites to see what other people watching the video are saying about the video. Rumors and speculation fly along with wish lists for new features that might be announced in the big keynote. Spring break for Nerds will soon descend on San Jose with it’s sessions all day, parties all night schedule. The Sad State of Wi-Fi APIs in Apple Platforms
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