- (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) {
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([[NSStringstringWithUTF8String:temp_addr->ifa_name]isEqualToString:@"en0"]) {
address = [NSStringstringWithUTF8String:inet_ntoa(((structsockaddr_in *)temp_addr->ifa_addr)->sin_addr)];
}
}
temp_addr = temp_addr->ifa_next;
}
}
freeifaddrs(interfaces);
return address;
}