What triggers the "would like to find and connect to devices on your local network" permission notification on iOS 14?

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William GP picture William GP · Aug 21, 2020 · Viewed 9.4k times · Source

What actual method calls, excluding Bonjour, triggers the "would like to find and connect to devices on your local network" permission notification on iOS 14?

This is the screen shot from the WWDC session on this new permission. Which is only somewhat helpful as an overview. I'm more interested in figuring out what all method calls trigger this.

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Answer

matt picture matt · Aug 21, 2020

In a nutshell, Bonjour. Its use is no longer "transparent". See https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10110/ for more information:

If your app interacts with devices using Bonjour or other local networking protocols, you must add support for local network privacy permissions in iOS 14.

Even an existing app is subject to this rule; the first attempt to use Bonjour triggers the authorization alert.

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