Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@mattstevens
Created May 24, 2011 18:15
Show Gist options
  • Star 4 You must be signed in to star a gist
  • Fork 0 You must be signed in to fork a gist
  • Save mattstevens/989296 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save mattstevens/989296 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Monitoring for IP address changes
#import "NetworkMonitor.h"
NSString *NetworkConfigurationDidChangeNotification = @"NetworkConfigurationDidChangeNotification";
void storeCallback(SCDynamicStoreRef store, CFArrayRef changedKeys, void *info) {
[(NetworkMonitor *)info update];
}
@implementation NetworkMonitor
@synthesize addresses;
@synthesize computerName;
- (id)init {
if (self = [super init]) {
ipv4Pattern = (NSString *)SCDynamicStoreKeyCreateNetworkServiceEntity(NULL,
kSCDynamicStoreDomainState,
kSCCompAnyRegex,
kSCEntNetIPv4);
ipv6Pattern = (NSString *)SCDynamicStoreKeyCreateNetworkServiceEntity(NULL,
kSCDynamicStoreDomainState,
kSCCompAnyRegex,
kSCEntNetIPv6);
computerNamePattern = (NSString *)SCDynamicStoreKeyCreateComputerName(NULL);
return self;
} else {
return nil;
}
}
- (void)dealloc {
[ipv4Pattern release];
[ipv6Pattern release];
[computerNamePattern release];
self.addresses = nil;
self.computerName = nil;
CFRelease(store);
[super dealloc];
}
- (void)startMonitoring {
SCDynamicStoreContext context;
memset(&context, 0, sizeof(context));
context.info = self;
store = SCDynamicStoreCreate(NULL, CFSTR("NetworkMonitor"), storeCallback, &context);
if (store == NULL) {
// The horror!
return;
}
[self update];
NSArray *patterns = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:ipv4Pattern, ipv6Pattern, computerNamePattern, nil];
if (!SCDynamicStoreSetNotificationKeys(store, NULL, (CFArrayRef)patterns)) {
// More horror!
}
SCDynamicStoreSetDispatchQueue(store, dispatch_get_main_queue());
}
- (void)update {
NSMutableArray *newAddresses = [NSMutableArray array];
NSArray *patterns = [NSArray arrayWithObject:ipv4Pattern];
NSDictionary *info = [(NSDictionary *)SCDynamicStoreCopyMultiple(store, NULL, (CFArrayRef)patterns) autorelease];
[info enumerateKeysAndObjectsUsingBlock:^(id key, id obj, BOOL *stop) {
NSArray *serviceAddresses = [obj objectForKey:(NSString *)kSCPropNetIPv4Addresses];
[newAddresses addObjectsFromArray:serviceAddresses];
}];
self.addresses = newAddresses;
self.computerName = [(NSString *)SCDynamicStoreCopyComputerName(NULL, NULL) autorelease];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:NetworkConfigurationDidChangeNotification object:self];
}
@end
@radj
Copy link

radj commented May 5, 2016

Hey, I know this is super late but can you share the header file for this? Thanks!

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment