Programmatically get own phone number in iOS

Question

Is there any way to get own phone number by standard APIs from iPhone SDK

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At the risk of getting negative marks  I want to suggest that the highest ranking solution  currently the first response  violates the latest SDK Agreement as of Nov 5  2009  Our application was just rejected for using it  Here s the response from Apple    For security reasons  iPhone OS restricts an application  including its preferences and data  to a unique location in the file system  This restriction is part of the security feature known as the application s  sandbox   The sandbox is a set of fine-grained controls limiting an application s access to files  preferences  network resources  hardware  and so on    The device s phone number is not available within your application s container  You will need to revise your application to read only within your directory container and resubmit your binary to iTunes Connect in order for your application to be reconsidered for the App Store   This was a real disappointment since we wanted to spare the user having to enter their own phone number

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As you probably all ready know if you use the following line of code  your app will be rejected by Apple   NSString  num     NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults  stringForKey   SBFormattedPhoneNumber      here is a reference  http   ayeapi blogspot com 2009 12 sbformatphonenumber-is-lie html  you can use the following information instead  NSString  phoneName     UIDevice currentDevice  name    NSString  phoneUniqueIdentifier     UIDevice currentDevice  uniqueIdentifier     and so on   property nonatomic readonly retain  NSString     name                  e g   My iPhone   property nonatomic readonly retain  NSString     model                 e g    iPhone     iPod Touch   property nonatomic readonly retain  NSString     localizedModel        localized version of model  property nonatomic readonly retain  NSString     systemName            e g    iPhone OS   property nonatomic readonly retain  NSString     systemVersion         e g    2 0   property nonatomic readonly  UIDeviceOrientation orientation           return current device orientation  property nonatomic readonly retain  NSString     uniqueIdentifier      a string unique to each device based on various hardware info    Hope this helps

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Update  capability appears to have been removed by Apple on or around iOS 4    Just to expand on an earlier answer  something like this does it for me   NSString  num     NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults  stringForKey   SBFormattedPhoneNumber      Note  This retrieves the  Phone number  that was entered during the iPhone s iTunes activation and can be null or an incorrect value  It s NOT read from the SIM card   At least that does in 2 1   There are a couple of other interesting keys in NSUserDefaults that may also not last    This is in my app which uses a UIWebView   WebKitJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically NSInterfaceStyle TVOutStatus WebKitDeveloperExtrasEnabledPreferenceKey   and so on   Not sure what  if anything  the others do

User · Answer

No  there s no legal and reliable way to do this   If you find a way  it will be disabled in the future  as it has happened with every method before

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To get you phone number you can read a plist file  It will not work on non-jailbroken iDevices   NSString  commcenter      private var wireless Library Preferences com apple commcenter plist       NSDictionary  dict    NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile commcenter       NSString  PhoneNumber    dict valueForKey   PhoneNumber        NSLog  NSString stringWithFormat   Phone number      PhoneNumber      I don t know if Apple allow this but it works on iPhones

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Update  capability appears to have been removed by Apple on or around iOS 4    Just to expand on an earlier answer  something like this does it for me   NSString  num     NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults  stringForKey   SBFormattedPhoneNumber      Note  This retrieves the  Phone number  that was entered during the iPhone s iTunes activation and can be null or an incorrect value  It s NOT read from the SIM card   At least that does in 2 1   There are a couple of other interesting keys in NSUserDefaults that may also not last    This is in my app which uses a UIWebView   WebKitJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically NSInterfaceStyle TVOutStatus WebKitDeveloperExtrasEnabledPreferenceKey   and so on   Not sure what  if anything  the others do

User · Answer

Update  capability appears to have been removed by Apple on or around iOS 4    Just to expand on an earlier answer  something like this does it for me   NSString  num     NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults  stringForKey   SBFormattedPhoneNumber      Note  This retrieves the  Phone number  that was entered during the iPhone s iTunes activation and can be null or an incorrect value  It s NOT read from the SIM card   At least that does in 2 1   There are a couple of other interesting keys in NSUserDefaults that may also not last    This is in my app which uses a UIWebView   WebKitJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically NSInterfaceStyle TVOutStatus WebKitDeveloperExtrasEnabledPreferenceKey   and so on   Not sure what  if anything  the others do

User · Answer

No  there s no legal and reliable way to do this   If you find a way  it will be disabled in the future  as it has happened with every method before

User · Answer

No official API to do it  Using private API you can use following method   - NSString   getMyNumber       NSLog   Open CoreTelephony        void  lib   dlopen   Symbols System Library Framework CoreTelephony framework CoreTelephony  RTLD LAZY       NSLog   Get CTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber from CoreTelephony        NSString    pCTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber      dlsym lib   CTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber        NSLog   Get CTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber from CoreTelephony         if  pCTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber    nil            NSLog   pCTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber is nil            return nil            NSString  ownPhoneNumber   pCTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber        dlclose lib       return ownPhoneNumber      It works on iOS 6 without JB and special signing   As mentioned creker on iOS 7 with JB you need to use entitlements to make it working   How to do it with entitlements you can find here  iOS 7  How to get own number via private API

User · Answer

No  there s no legal and reliable way to do this   If you find a way  it will be disabled in the future  as it has happened with every method before

User · Answer

You cannot use iOS APIs alone to capture the phone number  even in a private app with private APIs   as all known methods of doing this have been patched and blocked as of iOS 11   Even if a new exploit is found  Apple has made clear that they will reject any apps from the app store for using private APIs to do this   See  Dylan s answer for details   However  there is a legal way to capture the phone number without any user data entry   This is similar to what Snapchat does  but easier  as it does not require the user to type in their own phone number     The idea is to have the app programmatically send a SMS message to a server with the app   s unique installation code  The app can then query the same server to see if it has recently received a SMS message from a device with this unique app installation code  If it has  it can read the phone number that sent it  Here   s a demo video showing the process   As you can see  it works like a charm   This is not super easy to set up  but it be configured in a few hours at no charge on a free AWS tier with the sample code provided in the tutorial here

User · Answer

You cannot use iOS APIs alone to capture the phone number  even in a private app with private APIs   as all known methods of doing this have been patched and blocked as of iOS 11   Even if a new exploit is found  Apple has made clear that they will reject any apps from the app store for using private APIs to do this   See  Dylan s answer for details   However  there is a legal way to capture the phone number without any user data entry   This is similar to what Snapchat does  but easier  as it does not require the user to type in their own phone number     The idea is to have the app programmatically send a SMS message to a server with the app   s unique installation code  The app can then query the same server to see if it has recently received a SMS message from a device with this unique app installation code  If it has  it can read the phone number that sent it  Here   s a demo video showing the process   As you can see  it works like a charm   This is not super easy to set up  but it be configured in a few hours at no charge on a free AWS tier with the sample code provided in the tutorial here

User · Answer

Using Private API you can get user phone number on the following way   extern NSString  CTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber        NSString    phoneNumber   NSString  phone   CTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber     return phone      Also include CoreTelephony framework to your project

User · Answer

AppStore will reject it  as it s reaching outside of application container      Apps should be self-contained in their bundles  and may not read or write data outside the designated container area   Section 2 5 2    https   developer apple com app-store review guidelines  software-requirements

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To get you phone number you can read a plist file  It will not work on non-jailbroken iDevices   NSString  commcenter      private var wireless Library Preferences com apple commcenter plist       NSDictionary  dict    NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile commcenter       NSString  PhoneNumber    dict valueForKey   PhoneNumber        NSLog  NSString stringWithFormat   Phone number      PhoneNumber      I don t know if Apple allow this but it works on iPhones

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AppStore will reject it  as it s reaching outside of application container      Apps should be self-contained in their bundles  and may not read or write data outside the designated container area   Section 2 5 2    https   developer apple com app-store review guidelines  software-requirements

User · Answer

As you probably all ready know if you use the following line of code  your app will be rejected by Apple   NSString  num     NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults  stringForKey   SBFormattedPhoneNumber      here is a reference  http   ayeapi blogspot com 2009 12 sbformatphonenumber-is-lie html  you can use the following information instead  NSString  phoneName     UIDevice currentDevice  name    NSString  phoneUniqueIdentifier     UIDevice currentDevice  uniqueIdentifier     and so on   property nonatomic readonly retain  NSString     name                  e g   My iPhone   property nonatomic readonly retain  NSString     model                 e g    iPhone     iPod Touch   property nonatomic readonly retain  NSString     localizedModel        localized version of model  property nonatomic readonly retain  NSString     systemName            e g    iPhone OS   property nonatomic readonly retain  NSString     systemVersion         e g    2 0   property nonatomic readonly  UIDeviceOrientation orientation           return current device orientation  property nonatomic readonly retain  NSString     uniqueIdentifier      a string unique to each device based on various hardware info    Hope this helps

User · Answer

Update  capability appears to have been removed by Apple on or around iOS 4    Just to expand on an earlier answer  something like this does it for me   NSString  num     NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults  stringForKey   SBFormattedPhoneNumber      Note  This retrieves the  Phone number  that was entered during the iPhone s iTunes activation and can be null or an incorrect value  It s NOT read from the SIM card   At least that does in 2 1   There are a couple of other interesting keys in NSUserDefaults that may also not last    This is in my app which uses a UIWebView   WebKitJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically NSInterfaceStyle TVOutStatus WebKitDeveloperExtrasEnabledPreferenceKey   and so on   Not sure what  if anything  the others do

User · Answer

Using Private API you can get user phone number on the following way   extern NSString  CTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber        NSString    phoneNumber   NSString  phone   CTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber     return phone      Also include CoreTelephony framework to your project

User · Answer

No official API to do it  Using private API you can use following method   - NSString   getMyNumber       NSLog   Open CoreTelephony        void  lib   dlopen   Symbols System Library Framework CoreTelephony framework CoreTelephony  RTLD LAZY       NSLog   Get CTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber from CoreTelephony        NSString    pCTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber      dlsym lib   CTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber        NSLog   Get CTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber from CoreTelephony         if  pCTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber    nil            NSLog   pCTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber is nil            return nil            NSString  ownPhoneNumber   pCTSettingCopyMyPhoneNumber        dlclose lib       return ownPhoneNumber      It works on iOS 6 without JB and special signing   As mentioned creker on iOS 7 with JB you need to use entitlements to make it working   How to do it with entitlements you can find here  iOS 7  How to get own number via private API

User · Answer

No  there s no legal and reliable way to do this   If you find a way  it will be disabled in the future  as it has happened with every method before

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