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Learning ibeacon

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Product type Book
Published in Nov 2014
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ISBN-13 9781784397128
Pages 196 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Craig Gilchrist Craig Gilchrist
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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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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Learning iBeacon
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Welcome to iBeacon Detecting Beacons – Showing an Advert Broadcasting Advertisements – Sending Offers Ranging Beacons – Hunting for Treasure Detecting Beacons in the Background – Location Dating Leaving Regions – Don't Forget Your Stuff Vendor SDKs – Buying and Configuring Beacons Advanced Tutorial – iBeacon Museum iBeacon Security – Understanding the Risks Index

Using Estimote API 2.1

Our tutorial is going to take us through how to use the Estimote API to build an app, which allows us to configure Estimote beacons with custom UUID, major, and minor values.

To complete this tutorial, you will need some hardware. Estimote offer a 3-beacon developer kit at $ 99, which allows you to get started with building solutions using their beacons, which can be ordered from their website at https://order.estimote.com/.

I've used the latest SDK (2.1) at the time of writing this, but the developers working at Estimote are always busy and constantly improving their API and firmware. Before beginning this tutorial, I'd recommend heading over to the Estimote API pages (http://bit.ly/estimoteapi) and checking out the latest API.

I'd also recommend upgrading your Estimote beacon firmware to the latest version.

Security

In the latest version of the Estimote SDK, you need to connect to the devices using the API app ID and API app token. When you buy beacons from Estimote,...

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Authors (1)

Profile icon Craig Gilchrist
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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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