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I want to develop an application that programmatically creates a Personal Hotspot with a predefined name on an iPhone.
Is it possible?
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Note the Auto-Join Hotspot setting located at the bottom of the Wi-Fi screen in Settings. This allows the connecting device to automatically discover nearby personal hotspots when no Wi-Fi network is available. Tapping this option lets you set it to Automatic, Ask to Join, or Never.
On the device that you want to connect to, go to Settings > Cellular > Personal Hotspot or Settings > Personal Hotspot and make sure that it's on. Then verify the Wi-Fi password and name of the phone. Stay on this screen until you've connected your other device to the Wi-Fi network.
Pull down from the top of the screen and navigate to Settings > Network & Internet > Hotspot & tethering > Wi-Fi Hotspot, and toggle the switch to on. The hotspot name and password will then be visible.
You can't create a HotSpot in code talking via an API or via a Configuration Profile
Have you looked at GameKit which does a great job of easing connecting devices transparently via Bluetooth or WiFi? Don't let the "Game" name fool you - it's a great and easy to use library.
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If you're willing to put the time and work in to build it, sure.
However, you can only do it for jailbroken phones, and you would need to interface the private API:s. If you still want to do it, a starting point could be to go through the private API:s documented here: https://github.com/nst/iOS-Runtime-Headers
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