iPhone and Android support for Experimental Eddystone example in SDK 12.2

[Marc]

Hi, I am working on an Eddystone application for broadcasting advertisement URL to both Android and iPhone devices using the nRF52DK with the latest SDK 12.2. I have read that iPhone supports physical URLs in Eddystone by simply downloading Chrome browser, enable Chrome notifications in the notification bar, and enabling location service for Chrome. Chrome then scans for broadcasting devices which advertise a physical URL to display it in the notification bar. For Android users, it will be acting as a push notification and no need to setup anything.

So I tested the Eddystone example and it wasn't able to push notifications neither to Android or iPhone, Although i used Eddystone scanners applications which confirmed that the nRF52DK is broadcasting an Eddystone URL packet successfully. I am wondering what could be the problem ? I also tried using the nRF Beacon for Eddystone Android application to modify the URL making it starting with https: but nothing changed.

Please let me know how can i fix this issue and if there's anyone who was able to get the Eddystone application pushing physical URLs to Android and iPhone devices.

Best regards, Marc

[Sigurd]

Hi,

To use the Physical Web, you’ll need the following:

• An Android phone running Android 4.3.2 or higher / iPhone or iPad running iOS 8.0 or higher
• Bluetooth turned on
• Location turned on
• Chrome location runtime permission turned on (Android 6.0 and above)

If you do not receive notifications, open Chrome and go to chrome://flags/ address. Tap Physical Web and choose Enable

For more information, take a look at these webpages:

Explore the Physical Web with Chrome

How to enable Physical Web in Chrome

[Marc]

Thanks Sigurd for your answer! it works fine now, but i had to use https address. it didn't work for any address which isn't starting with https. Thanks again for your help!