Android - can i use one sdk for any beacons?

Question

i have some beacons one of them is the estimote beacon and other one is the İBKS beacon But i made an application for estimote its okay, but it didnt work for İBKS. So is it possible to make just one application but work for more beacons from different companys. Thanks.

Answer 1

Yes, you can use a single SDK provided it supports the format of all your beacons. The Android Beacon Library allows you to configure multiple proprietary beacon formats with code like this:

beaconManager.getBeaconParsers().add(new BeaconParser().setBeaconLayout("m-2-3=aabb,i-4-19,i-20-21,i-22-23,p-24-24,d-25-25")); 

You simply have to do a Google search to find the format for your beacon types, then replace the string in the example above.

Of the two types you mention, both claim to be iBeacon compatible, so you need a SDK that allows configuring that format. If you are having trouble detecting one of them, first try an off the shelf beacon scanner like Locate, which is based on the library mentioned above.