iBeacon: Getting Started: A brief iOS tutorial in Swift
iBeacon: Getting Started: A brief iOS tutorial in Swift by Will Dages
English | May 2, 2015 | ASIN: B00X2S3DF6 | 16 Pages | EPUB/MOBI | 466.67 KB/542.47 KB
English | May 2, 2015 | ASIN: B00X2S3DF6 | 16 Pages | EPUB/MOBI | 466.67 KB/542.47 KB
All the content in this book is freely available in my blog post, so by purchasing this eBook you are simply supporting me and the work I put into this tutorial. This eBook is also offered for free on LeanPub. I wanted to expose it to searches on Amazon, but I am not able to offer it for free on this platform.
*Requirements*
Important: this tutorial cannot be completed without a paid Apple developer account. Here are the full requirements for completing this tutorial:
* Xcode 6 or newer, so you can write in Swift.
* A paid developer account, so that you can load the app onto a real device (the Simulator cannot detect beacons).
* A BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) iOS device (iPhone 4S or newer, iPod touch 5th gen or newer, iPad 3 or newer, or iPad mini) running iOS8 or later (just because we're writing in Swift). Note: make sure Bluetooth is also turned on.
* Beacons. I'm using Estimote beacons, but you can use anything you'd like. You can even download an app that will turn your device into a beacon, but it will need to be a different device than the one you're running this demo on. The tutorial will work best with 2 or more.