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Google's beacon platform enables contextual experiences for your users through interactions with Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons. Beacons are simple devices that send one-way BLE signals. These signals can be read by nearby Bluetooth-enabled devices. Beacons can be deployed at fixed places such as airports, museums, and bus stops, and also to movable objects such as bicycles and taxis.

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Can I make iPhone/iPad broadcast as Eddystone Beacon?

We can make iOS devices act as a iBeacon transmitter and We can locate nearby iBeacons if we know their Proximity UUID. With Google's Proximity Beacon API, It's possible to configure and register real Beacon hardware, and we can locate them with…
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Google Proximity Beacon API: how to register iBeacon?

The Google's Proximity Beacon API documentation uses Eddystone as an example everywhere: https://developers.google.com/beacons/proximity/register However, documentation mentions two more types of beacons, AltBeacon and iBeacon. If I understand…
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User engagement with Screen-Off events with Beacons

We want to incorporate beacon technology in our apps to create user engagement with screen-off events. In the present use case, we assume that the end-user will be in constant movement. So far, we have tested two different approaches. Kontakt…
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Google Nearby notification API not showing new notifications

This is my first post here so please excuse my mistakes. I am trying to work with Nearby notification. I have added the beacon via "beacon tools" and from my dashboard have added nearby notification. As you can see in the picture, the new…
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How can i send notification using a Eddystone URL?

I am trying to send notification to android devices by using a Eddystone URL. What have i tried so far: I have tried transmitting a Eddystone URL using the altbeacon library. I have transmitted a Eddystone URL using the Locate App. The above…
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Retrieving beacon attachments proximity beacon api

Currently I have registered beacons to the Google Proximity Beacon API. They're Eddystone beacons. I can also retrieve the beacon's data and add attachment (I think). The problem I have is retrieving those attachments. I used the following website…
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Proximity Beacon API is no more available for new projects?

I tried today to activate "Proximity Beacon API" in a new project, but its seems to be no more available in the API search in https://console.developers.google.com. In my older project "Proximity Beacon API" is still activated and working but its…
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Unable to register locked Google Beacon on Beacon Tools Android application

I was trying to register a Google Beacon using the Beacon Tools Android app. However, on tapping "Register as Ephemeral ID", I get the following message: I'm wondering if there is a way to get the password. As far as I know, this beacon was never…
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Can I use iBeacon in Android with Nearby Messages?

In the Beacon overview it says that the Proximity Beacon API supports iBeacon. Does this mean I can detect an iBeacon and retrieve data attached to it with the Nearby Messages API in an Android app? EDIT: Since the Get Beacon Messages for iOS says…
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In android how to find out mobile location inside building

I want to implement an app which can track employee inside the office building.Our office building is 3 floors(with ground floor) which contain 2640 square feets. To achieve this i have search and find about the location in android using that we can…
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Proximity Beacon API: Android and Nearby

My Android app is used for broadcasting of beacons, which are delivered to nearby devices with Nearby as notifications with URL links. Google annoucned they are going to close this service. They reccomend to use Proximity Beacons API After reading…
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Hello Beacons app not detecting virtual beacon (created with Beacon Simulator app)

I have followed the ten steps outlined in the Hello Beacon app tutorial at https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/hello-beacons/. There are no errors being thrown up during build. The only issue is that the virtual beacon (using Beacon…
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Google beacon dashboard - Issue with NearBy notifications

I am trying to use beacons in my project. Facing some issue with it. I have registered one beacon with google in my project using BeaconTools app and gave access using Proximity Beacon API IAM dashboard to myself to use it in another project as…
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Google Proximity API Returns 500 Internal Error on pageToken Query

I am trying to list the number of beacons registered with my OAuth key, but am only receiving 10 at a time. I am structuring my HTTP request like so: https://proximitybeacon.googleapis.com/v1beta1/beacons I have tried to set maxResults to be greater…
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Trying to register Estimote iBeacon with Proximity Beacon API

I have got an Estimote Beacon which is in iBeacon mode. Previously, I tried registering Edddystone and I was successful in doing so. Now that , I'm trying to register it with Google Proximity Beacon API. But it's firing an error message as Invalid…
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