Measure network traffic programmatically on iPhone

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I'm interested in measuring the network traffic for my application. Ideally I would need to separate wireless from 3G network traffic. I can't seem to find any API that gets this information; however I see that there is at least one app in the AppStore that does something close (they actually sum up the traffic for the entire phone).

Any ideas?

Hi, i see your solution below, but I have a question: have you accomplished your project using getifaddrs? Have you figured out multi aplication problem? So you can separate application whith one use how many data? — Jakub, May 10 '12 at 12:31

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 30 '10 at 14:15

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I've found one approximate solution: getifaddrs can be used to get statistics on network usage.

One advantage is that it can get separate statistics for Wi-Fi and WWAN interfaces.

A disadvantage is that on multi-tasking devices those interfaces may be used by multiple applications and the statistics are cumulated.

answered Nov 30 '10 at 14:15

Mihai Damian

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Do you have some sample code, I have tried and could get IP address but no stats data....!! – Unicorn Jul 07 '11 at 12:41

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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I also was looking for solution and found it here: iPhone Data Usage Tracking/Monitoring

Please take a look this post, it provides all info that you need.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Nov 23 '11 at 10:52

Artem Kalachev

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