How to get the IP Address of the iOS Device?

Typically when an device is connected to WiFi, it will be assigned an IP. Here we will see how we can extract the IP of an iOS device.

Below is the sample code for that

#include <ifaddrs.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

// Returns the IPAddress of the device
+(NSString *) getDeviceIpAddress
{
  NSString *address = nil;
  struct ifaddrs *interfaces = NULL;
  struct ifaddrs *temp_addr = NULL;
  int success = 0;
  
  // retrieve the current interfaces - returns 0 on success
  success = getifaddrs(&amp;interfaces);
  if (success == 0)
  {
    
    // Loop through linked list of interfaces
    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([[NSString stringWithUTF8String:temp_addr->ifa_name] isEqualToString:@"en0"])
        {
          // Get NSString from C String
          address = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:inet_ntoa(((struct sockaddr_in *)temp_addr->ifa_addr)->sin_addr)];
        }
      }
      
      temp_addr = temp_addr->ifa_next;
    }
  }
  
  // Free memory
  freeifaddrs(interfaces);
  
  NSLog(@"IP Address: %@", address);
  return address;
}