how to use the NRF beacon app as a background service

RE: how to use the NRF beacon app as a background service

Asbjørn — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:12:49 GMT

The demo app that we have developed does not give you this configuration opportunity. However, it's good feedback and I'm sure to let the developers of our apps aware of the suggestion. It would of course be possible, but for now, it would be something you would have to implement yourself into an app.

RE: how to use the NRF beacon app as a background service

islandvs — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 02:55:52 GMT

Hi Many thanks :) Just one more tiny step...the beacon app gives four actions to trigger event based on range (in range, out of range, near and above). However one can trigger and event only with one range. How do we get to select trigger for all ranges? If it is' in range' trigger this event, if it is 'out of range' trigger that event etc.

RE: how to use the NRF beacon app as a background service

Asbjørn — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:53:11 GMT

In the Beacon service app you can switch background on and off and it works as a API for the beacon app towards BLE on Android. You can modify the beacon app which you have the source code for and have it running as a background passive scanner. In the onPause() routine of MainActivity it is by default set to stop monitoring for region and stop ranging. Ranging part of beacon is not supported by Android, but monitoring for region is. So you would have to keep the monitoring for region alive while in onPause by not stopping it and not unbind the service.