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rckehoe
rckehoe

Reputation: 1198

iBeacones broadcast and listen at the same time

I have a script that turns the phone into a beacon and broadcasts its location using the iBeacons functionality. Here is the very simple code:

 //--- Start broadcasting
NSUUID *uuid = [[NSUUID alloc] initWithUUIDString:@"some-static-uuid"];
 self.beaconRegion = [[CLBeaconRegion alloc] initWithProximityUUID:uuid major:@"1" minor:@"2" identifier:@"com.myidentifer"];

On the SAME device, I want to listen for other beacons close by... So I have a similar script running and I star the "ranging" service.

Problem that I am running into is that it doesn't seem to work if I broadcast and listen at the same time... I have a script running that alternates the listening and broadcasting, and this seems to work "ok"... But I would really rather have these functions running simultaneously.

Is this even possible?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 157

Answers (1)

Sandro Machado
Sandro Machado

Reputation: 10215

No, it is an hardware limitation. If the bluetooth in the device is broadcasting an ibeacon signal (peripheral mode), it is operating in a different mode and it cannot at the same time scan for ibeacons.

Upvotes: 1

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