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Any alternative for HMCharacteristicTypeSerialNumber in iOS 11

'HMCharacteristicTypeSerialNumber' was deprecated in iOS 11.0 : No longer supported

Is there any other way we can fetch the serial number of the device?

Is there any new API provided to fetch the SerialNumber?

AppleDoc.

Solution

  • As of now iOS 11.0, characteristicTypeconstants have been deprecated. Access to manufacturer, model, and firmware version info, Now obtained through the newer HMAccessory properties manufacturer, model, and firmwareVersion. reference

    For example:

    print("Manufacturer: \(accessory.manufacturer)")
print("Model: \(accessory.model)")
print("Firmware Version: \(accessory.firmwareVersion)")