How an iOS developer can integrate BLE and iBeacons in his app? This talk explain the various API that Apple allow to be used and the iBeacon standard for proximity apps.

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Francesco Novelli
Bluetooth 4.0 and iBeacons in your
iOS app
francesco.nove@gmail.com - RunCode
@if9
runcode.it

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Chi sono?
1. Appassionato di tecnologia!
2. Freelance!
3. iOS Developer
4. Blogger per devApp.it
5. Ex Scrittore di libri
6. Ex Web Developer

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Thanks to:
blinkar
http://blinkar.it

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Agenda:
• Bluetooth 4.0
• iBeacons
• Beacons alternatives
• iOS 7…7.1….8!

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Bluetooth 4.0: cos’è?
• BLE: Bluetooth Low
Energy
• Standard, niente draft!
(dal 2010)
• Chip diverso da 3.0 e
non retro compatibile
• Dual Chip Device

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LOW
ENERGY!!!!

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Bluetooth 4.0: Le novità “minori”
• Niente abbinamenti, accoppiamenti, PIN, attese
• Advertising continuo (se acceso…)
• Low energy
MIN 0.01 - MAX 0.5
Old Bluetooth 1
• Meno Range (50m vs 100m)
• Meno Throughput (0.27Mbit/s vs 2.1 Mbit/s)
• Meno Latency (6ms vs 100ms)

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Bluetooth 4.0: A cosa non serve
• Auricolari
• Scambio dati
• Cuffie
• …
• e quindi??

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Bluetooth 4.0: A cosa serve
• IoT Internet of Things
• Orologi (Apple Watch, Android Wear, Pebble)
• Sport e device fitness
• Healtcare
• Security
• Proxymity
• Automation
• Everything!

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Bluetooth 4.0: Profili di utilizzo
• GATT: is.gd/blegatt
• Da leggere per
developer
• Da leggere per ogni
hardware makers
• Adattare il device BLE
con i profili

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Bluetooth 4.0 e iOS
• CoreBluetooth
• iOS e Mac OS X
• Bluetooth ad alto livello

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Bluetooth 4.0 e iOS
• CBCentralManager:
• CBPeripheral: device bluetooth
• CBService: servizi del device
• CBCharacteristic: informazioni del servizio

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Bluetooth 4.0 e iOS
CBCentralManager:
CBPeripheral
CBService
CBCharacteristic
X
123

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DEMO

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Bluetooth 4.0 e iOS
• iPhone 4s +
• Mac
Thanks to theapplelounge.com

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iBeacon
• Cos’è?
• Come funziona?
• Dove si trova?
• Quanto costa?
• Come lo uso?

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iBeacon
iBeacon, a new class of low-powered, low-cost
transmitters that can notify nearby iOS 7
devices of their presence, provides apps a whole
new level of location awareness, such as trail
markers in a park, exhibits in a museum, or
product displays in stores.

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iBeacon: notify…what?
• UDID (Hex ID)
• Major (Int)
• Minor (Int)
• …
• Sempre!
• A chiunque, in broadcasting

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iBeacon: Sample
• UUDID: E2C56DB5-DFFB-48D2-B060-D0F5A71096E0
Museo Uffizi
• Major: int 2
Piano 2
• Minor: int 13
Quadro 13
• quindi…
• sei nel Museo al secondo piano davanti al quadro 13.
propongo audio guida per quel quadro.

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iBeacon: cos’è fisicamente?

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iBeacon da iDevice
• CoreBluetooth.framework
(AirLocate sample code)
_peripheralManager = !
[[CBPeripheralManager alloc] initWithDelegate:self
queue:dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0)];
NSDictionary *peripheralData = nil;!
if(_uuid && _major && _minor)!
{!
CLBeaconRegion *region = !
[[CLBeaconRegion alloc] initWithProximityUUID:_uuid !
major:[_major shortValue] !
minor:[_minor shortValue] !
identifier:@"com.apple.AirLocate"];!
peripheralData = [region peripheralDataWithMeasuredPower:_power];!
}
[_peripheralManager startAdvertising:peripheralData];

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iBeacon: Gli altri

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iBeacon: Estimote
• Largamente apprezzati
• Versione stickers (accelerometro e
temperatura)
• Custom SDK
• Android SDK
• Costo elevato

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iBeacon: Gimbal
• Qualcomm!
• Prezzo basso
• Programmabili via iPhone
• SDK potenziato (non obbligatorio)
• Controllo via web (con SDK proprietario)
• Android SDK
• Consumo batteria da rivedere
• Versione Tag o Device

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iBeacon: Consumi
http://is.gd/ibeaconcomp

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iBeacon: Come lo uso?
NOTIFY MONITORING

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iBeacon: Notify
• CLLocationManager e delegate
• Metodo delegate chiamato ad ogni entrata o
uscita da una CLBeaconRegion (campo
iBeacon)
• Disponibile anche ad app in background
• Si può osservare un UUID o una iBeacon
(UUID + Major + Minor)

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iBeacon: Notify
_locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];!
_locationManager.delegate = self;!
!
CLBeaconRegion *region = nil;!
_uuid = [[NSUUID alloc] initWithUUIDString:@“E2C56DB5-
DFFB-48D2-B060-D0F5A71096E0"];!
region = !
[[CLBeaconRegion alloc] initWithProximityUUID:_uuid!
identifier:@"com.apple.AirLocate"];!
region.notifyOnEntry = YES;!
region.notifyOnExit = YES;!
region.notifyEntryStateOnDisplay = YES;!
!
[_locationManager startMonitoringForRegion:region];

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iBeacon: Notify delegate
- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager !
didEnterRegion:(CLRegion *)region;
- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager!
didExitRegion:(CLRegion *)region;
- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager!
didDetermineState:(CLRegionState)state!
forRegion:(CLRegion *)region;!

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iBeacon: Notify, quando?
• Location awareness push notification
• Interattività dell’app
• Pagamenti

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iBeacon: Monitoring
• CLLocationManager e delegate
• Metodo del delegate invocato ogni secondo (se
ci sono 1 o più beacon)
• Array di beacons

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iBeacon: Monitoring
_locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];!
_locationManager.delegate = self;!
!
CLBeaconRegion *region = nil;!
_uuid = !
[[NSUUID alloc] initWithUUIDString:@“E2C56DB5-DFFB-48D2-B060-
D0F5A71096E0"];!
region = [[CLBeaconRegion alloc] initWithProximityUUID:_uuid
identifier:@"com.apple.AirLocate"];!
[_locationManager startRangingBeaconsInRegion:region];!
!!
- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager!
didRangeBeacons:(NSArray *)beacons!
inRegion:(CLBeaconRegion *)region {!
!!
NSLog(@"Major: %@, Minor: %@, Acc: %.2fm %li", beacon.major,
beacon.minor, beacon.accuracy, beacon.proximity);!
!
}

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iBeacon: Monitoring, quando?
• Geofencing al chiuso
• Elencare beacons vicini
• Ottenere le distanza da un beacon
• Visualizzare informazioni con app aperta

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iBeacon: iOS Roadmap
• 7.0 Introduzione
• 7.1 Notify con app killate
Velocità maggiore per le notifiche
• 8.0 Continuity Icon

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iBeacon: Case history
• MLB
• Virgin
• Apple Store
• Musei Palazzo Farnese
• Nazioni unite
• Parchi floreali
• Caccia al tesoro
• …

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iBeacon: Android
• Android 4.3+ (e.g. Samsung Galaxy S3/S4/S4
Mini, Samsung Galaxy Note 2/3, HTC One,
Google/LG Nexus 7 2013 version/Nexus 4/
Nexus 5, HTC Butterfly, OnePlus One)
• SDK produttori (Gimbal, Estimote, etc)
• AltBeacon Project

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iBeacon: Resources
• iBeacon Bible
• developer.apple.com/ibeacon
• WWDC 2014 Session 307 – What’s New In
Core Location
• AirLocate Sample Code

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Thanks
Francesco Novelli
Bluetooth 4.0 and iBeacons in your
iOS app
francesco.nove@gmail.com - RunCode
@if9
runcode.it