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Craig Gilchrist
Craig Gilchrist
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Craig Gilchrist

Craig Gilchrist is the Digital Director at Eden Agency (http://createdineden.com/), a small but mighty digital agency that is at the forefront of proximity marketing. His team is one of the first to release commercial iBeacon-powered apps in the world and currently boast over 1.5 million app downloads in multiple fields and have a perfectly balanced technical and creative team. Craig is based in North Yorkshire, England, and has been developing commercial software since graduating from the University of Teesside in 2004 with a BSc in Software Engineering and has been building apps for iOS since 2009. Craig is an avid reader and is always at the forefront of commercial technological developments. Other than mobile app development and digital marketing, Craig also has a keen interest in developing rich media, including gaming, children's interactive media, and a very keen interest in Unity and virtual reality with Oculus Rift.
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Introducing iBeacon


Simply put, an iBeacon is a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) device that emits a signal that conforms to the iBeacon specification. The iOS 7 SDK includes updates to the Core Location and Core Bluetooth frameworks that will allow you to build apps that respond to iBeacon signals or even act as an iBeacon transmitter.

The iBeacon specification for building hardware beacons is only available under nondisclosure agreement to vendors who sign up to the Made for iPhone (MFi) program. However, as an iOS developer, you don't need to know how to build hardware, you only need to understand how to interact with iBeacons or to simulate them with an iOS device, all of which we will cover in this book.

BLE is a groundbreaking leap in classic Bluetooth technology that allows the development of devices that can broadcast a signal up to 100 m (330 ft) with very little power consumption. This means that beacons can be produced for as little as $ 5 and broadcast for up to 2 years on a single lithium watch battery.

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Author (1)

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Craig Gilchrist

Craig Gilchrist is the Digital Director at Eden Agency (http://createdineden.com/), a small but mighty digital agency that is at the forefront of proximity marketing. His team is one of the first to release commercial iBeacon-powered apps in the world and currently boast over 1.5 million app downloads in multiple fields and have a perfectly balanced technical and creative team. Craig is based in North Yorkshire, England, and has been developing commercial software since graduating from the University of Teesside in 2004 with a BSc in Software Engineering and has been building apps for iOS since 2009. Craig is an avid reader and is always at the forefront of commercial technological developments. Other than mobile app development and digital marketing, Craig also has a keen interest in developing rich media, including gaming, children's interactive media, and a very keen interest in Unity and virtual reality with Oculus Rift.
Read more about Craig Gilchrist