CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ibeaconibeacon-androidaltbeacon
Zoltán Matók
Zoltán Matók

Reputation: 4045

AltBeacon: Start a beacon on android

Is it possible to create an AltBeacon (so start advertising) on Android with the official Android AltBeacon library? https://github.com/AltBeacon/android-beacon-library

Much like we can create an AltBeacon using the iOS libray and start advertising (https://github.com/CharruaLab/AltBeacon) can advertising be achieved on Android 4.3+ ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2794

Answers (1)

davidgyoung
davidgyoung

Reputation: 64941

Yes, you can use the Android Beacon Library to transmit, but it requires Android L and is not possible with Android 4.3. See the sample transmitter app here:

https://github.com/AltBeacon/altbeacon-transmitter-android

This sample app is based on a branch of the library that targets the new Android L operating system and provides a BeaconTransmitter class. Once Android L is released, this branch will be merged into the official release of the library.

The reason transmitting requires Android L is because Android 4.3 does not support BLE Peripheral mode needed to transmit as a beacon.

It is also important to note that the iOS AltBeacon project from CharruaLabs Lab mentioned above is completely independent and uses a different incompatible transmission format.

Upvotes: 2

Related Questions