What is it, Beacon?

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What is Beacon?

How can I implemented using Android?

Can be implemented in . NET or only in java?

Have some simple example?

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Similar to the NFC(Near Field Communication), the Beacons interact with smartphones when positioned at a given distance radius using the Bluetooth. It’s basically a tech-friendly name "indoor Proximity system"en or "indoor proximity system".

In practice, it allows you to locate objects (or people who carry these objects) much more accurately within closed environments. The Beacons are for indoors just as GPS is for outdoors.

For Android deployment, you need to give Bluetooh access permission on your Android Manifest:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN"/>

See this article about Building an Android Beacon (Android iBeacon Tutorial Overview) a complete idea of implementation.

Google provides a library for deployment using .NET. See more details on Google Proximity Beacon API Client Library for . NET.

  • Is there another application to the term? Could (if so), add something to the use : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_beacon

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    @Magichat as in the question is asked "how to implement on Android", I ended up following the context.

  • Ok, but this does not apply to android tmb?

  • @Magichat applies in the browser, probably, I say probably, applies to Android. Then I give an improved one here. = D vlw.

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