iPhone WiFi Scanner Apps Banned By Apple
iPhone WiFi Scanner Apps Banned By Apple
Apple has just banned iPhone WiFi Scanner apps from the iTunes store that use a “private framework” to scan for WiFi networks.
Below are some of the apps that have been removed from app store.
- WiFi-Where
- WiFiTrack
- WiFiFoForum
- yFy Network Finder
- WiFi Get
- eWifi
- WiFi Analyzer
An email to one developer from Apple stated that because “…There are no published APIs that provide the ability to manipulate the wireless connection or the show level of information regarding the wireless connection as demonstrated in the application….” their app was removed from the app store.
While this is not good news for existing app developers, I think Apple may be cleaning up things in preparation for providing standard methods to access WiFI information in the SDK for the iPhone and iPad.
They already provide standard methods of scanning for WiFi devices in Mac OS X. We currently use these methods for our WiFi Scanner app that works in Snow Leopard.
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- Free Mac OS X Wifi Scanner for Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X Wireless Signal Strength in Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X WiFi Wireless Scanner
- WiFi Speed Test
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