By David G. Young Since we released the open source Android Library a few months ago, allowing Android devices to detect beacons just like iOS, the stand-out feature that keeps Android devices from parity with iOS is the ability to act as a beacon. The library is based on the Bluetooth LE support, added to Android 4.3 […]
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By David G. Young There has been lots of confusion about how Beacon monitoring and ranging work in the background on iOS. In general ranging only works in the foreground, but monitoring updates can happen in the background. There are two ways to configure background monitoring, and even when done properly updates can take a
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By David G. Young So, is there any way to to monitor or range for any beacon regardless of its ProximityUUID on iOS? The short answer is no. The long answer involves trying a couple of different ways: CoreLocation APIs Using the CoreLocation APIs, the obvious way to look for all beacons is to pass
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