Possible way to detect sim card detection in ios?

Question

I have a iphone app that has the capability to send messages. I want to alert user when sim card is not available in iphone. So i tried below three function to check sim card availabilty

Class messageClass = (NSClassFromString(@"MFMessageComposeViewController"));
if([messageClass canSendText]){
    // Sim available
    NSLog(@"Sim available");
}
else{
    //Sim not available
    NSLog(@"Sim not available");
}

if([MFMessageComposeViewController canSendText]){
    // Sim available
    NSLog(@"Sim available");
}
else{
    //Sim not available
    NSLog(@"Sim not available");
}

if([[UIDevice currentDevice].model isEqualToString:@"iPhone"])
{
    if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"tel:123456"]])
    {
        NSLog(@"Sim available");
    }
    else
    {
        NSLog(@"Sim not available");
    }
}

I have checked my iphone without sim, it always return @"Sim available". But when i open default "Messages" app and try to send sms it says alert "No SIM Card Installed"... How this message app can detect sim card availabilty?

Answer 1

You can check it by CTCarrier class.

BOOL isSimCardAvailable = YES;

CTTelephonyNetworkInfo* info = [[CTTelephonyNetworkInfo alloc] init];
CTCarrier* carrier = info.subscriberCellularProvider;

if(carrier.mobileNetworkCode == nil || [carrier.mobileNetworkCode isEqualToString:@""])
{
    isSimCardAvailable = NO;
}

You need to add CoreTelephony framework for using CTTelephonyNetworkInfo and CTCarrier.