ios - Programmatically How to wipe out iPhone or iPad data in i phone apps

Question

I am developing an application for security purpose which has 1 requirement as "Wipe out iPhone or i pad data completely if device is stolen".

While doing search for this functionality, I came across one application "Find My iPhone" here which supports this feature of "remotely wipe out all data". (http://www.howtogeek.com/77158/how-to-remotely-lock-or-wipe-your-ios-5-device/)

But i want to this functionality through programmatically in my app.Can someone give me a solution for this problem?

And is it possible to do this functionality through programmatically?

Answer 1

You cannot completely wipe a standard iPhone's data from an app. The app runs in a sandbox environment so you cannot access data from other apps or iOS itself meaning that you cannot wipe it. That being said, you could wipe photos and contacts programmatically as long as the user grants you access to contacts and photos.