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title: Hotspot helper
framework: networkextension
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: networkextension/hotspot-helper
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# Hotspot helper

Integrate your app with the iOS hotspot network subsystem.

## Overview

Overview NEHotspotHelper allows your app to participate in the process of authenticating with hotspot networks, that is, Wi-Fi networks where the user must interact with the network to gain access to the wider Internet. Hotspot helpers are only supported on iOS. important: NEHotspotHelper is only useful for hotspot integration. There are both technical and business restrictions that prevent it from being used for other tasks, such as accessory integration or Wi-Fi based location. Before using NEHotspotHelper, you must first be granted a special entitlement (com.apple.developer.networking.HotspotHelper) by Apple. For more information, see Hotspot Helper Request. For more about creating a hotspot helper, see the Hotspot Network Subsystem Programming Guide.

## Topics

### Registration

- [NEHotspotHelper](networkextension/nehotspothelper.md)

### Commands

- [NEHotspotHelperCommand](networkextension/nehotspothelpercommand.md)
- [NEHotspotHelperResponse](networkextension/nehotspothelperresponse.md)
- [NEHotspotNetwork](networkextension/nehotspotnetwork.md)

### Hotspot communication

- [bind(to:)](foundation/nsmutableurlrequest/bind(to:).md)
- [In-Provider Networking](networkextension/in-provider-networking.md)

### Hotspot helper extension

- [NEHotspotManager](networkextension/nehotspotmanager.md)
- [NEHotspotEvaluationProvider](networkextension/nehotspotevaluationprovider.md)
- [NEHotspotAuthenticationProvider](networkextension/nehotspotauthenticationprovider.md)
- [NEHotspotEvaluationProviderConfiguration](networkextension/nehotspotevaluationproviderconfiguration.md)
- [NEHotspotAuthenticationProviderConfiguration](networkextension/nehotspotauthenticationproviderconfiguration.md)

## See Also

### Wi-Fi management

- [Wi-Fi configuration](networkextension/wi-fi-configuration.md)
- [Configuring a Wi-Fi accessory to join a network](networkextension/configuring-a-wi-fi-accessory-to-join-a-network.md)