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Context is king: microlocation, iBeacon and Estimote

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About Me

- Technical Leader and Agile Coach

- Front-end Developer (test first!)

- Mobile Developer (Hybrid, iOS and Android)

- Technology Enthusiast

- GsD since 2001

- Mentor @ AirPair.com


http://AirPair.com

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Forgive Please my Accent!

Introduction

How do beacons work?Awesome stuff done with beacons

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Welcome to the age of contextual computing!

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Are smartphones really as smart as we need them to be?


No! What they lack is real-world context.

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Don’t be Confused!

What is iBeacon?

Apple’s protocol for communication over Bluetooth Smart (BT 4.0). Used to provide mobile apps with local context.


What really is iBeacon?


- A new technology that extends iOS Location Services

- An app can estimate your proximity to an iBeacon

- It’s a business service from Apple


How does it solve the problem?

- Honestly, which problem?

- Before iBeacon: walk in, like something, buy it, etc.

- After iBeacon: walk in, phone vibrate, swipe, accept terms, reject spam, open app, swipe (it’s always needed), find a price, #!#%%@, probably buy, etc.


Let’s start to deal with real problems!

- Build an audio guide for visitors in a museum

- Build an analytic system to collect information about people flow in a shop

- Build a monitoring system to avoid a children can leave the school without the teachers are aware

- Build a system to control lights and save energy

- Help your drone flying using the beacons signals to give directions to a flight controller

What does Estimote do?

Estimote builds a platform on top of iBeacon to empower developers with the best tools for creating context-aware apps.


Bluetooth Smart-enabled device (iPhone 4S and higher, Android 4.3 and higher) with a relevant app installed.

Technical requirements

iOS 8 for getting your app icon visible on the iPhone lock screen.


How do beacons work?


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I am a developer, what I have to do to start?

Sign up and start to manage your Devices


Download the SDK and Demos


- iOS SDK https://github.com/Estimote/iOS-SDK

- Demos tiny.cc/beacons

https://github.com/Estimote/iOS-SDK

http://tiny.cc/beacons

Cocoa Pods


CocoaPods is the dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects. It has thousands of libraries and can help you scale your projects elegantly.

$ sudo gem install cocoapods $ pod setup $ pod install


Manage Multiple Ruby Versions

$ curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable $ source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm

Beacons broadcast their ID and Measured Power in regular intervals. ID consists of three parts: UUID (128 bits), Major (16 bits), Minor (16 bits). Measured Power is a value used by smartphones to calculate proximity.

How do beacons work?

UUID Major Minor


What is a beacon region?

All beacons in Esti Museum: B9407F30-F5F8-466E-AFF9-25556B57FE6D : * : * All beacons in the North Wing: B9407F30-F5F8-466E-AFF9-25556B57FE6D : 1 : * THE beacon in the North Wing, at the Exhibit A: B9407F30-F5F8-466E-AFF9-25556B57FE6D : 1 : 1


Detect movementin and out of a region

Region monitoring: what is it?


Region monitoring: how does it work?

ESTBeaconManager startMonitoringForRegion:

Permissions requestAlwaysAuthorization

NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription

Delegates beaconManager:didEnterRegion: beaconManager:didExitRegion:


Beacon ranging: what is it?

ImmediateNearFar

0.5m3m70m

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Beacon ranging: how does it work?

ESTBeaconManager startRangingBeaconsInRegion: !

Delegates beaconManager:didRangBeacons:inRegion:

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Permissions requestWhenInUseAuthorization

NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription


High-level feature that allows for enhancing apps with context of time.

What are triggers?


How do triggers work?

ESTProximityRule trigger actions based on in or outside range of nearables

ESTMotionRule trigger actions based on whether a nearable is in motion or not

ESTOrientationRule trigger actions when a nearable is in a specific orientation


Examples

ESTTrigger *forgotBagTrigger = [[ESTTrigger alloc] initWithRules:@[isMorningRule, insideCarRule, noBagRule] identifier:@"forgotBagTrigger"]; [self.triggerManager startMonitoringForTrigger:forgotBagTrigger];

Obj-C

let forgotBagTrigger = ESTTrigger( rules: [isMorningRule, insideCarRule, noBagRule] identifier: "forgotBag") triggerManager.startMonitoringForTrigger(forgotBagTrigger)

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How Objective-C looks like now?

Integrating your beacon-enabled apps with a cloud backend gives it superpowers!

How do I get even more context?


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Let’s take a look to some case studies…

Order food and pay with an app and have it delivered to your table. No queues, no checks, no hassle! !

http://downtownapp.co

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http://downtownapp.co

Smart office and workplace analytics. Never worry about booking a room again. !

https://robinpowered.com

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https://robinpowered.com

Smart app-launcher aware of local context. Life made easier. !

http://contrast.co/launch-center-pro/

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http://contrast.co/launch-center-pro/

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Explore the code and run a demo!

Cool! How do I get started?

Build your app: developer.estimote.com !

SDK: github.com/estimote !

Example apps: tiny.cc/beacons !

Estimote Community Portal: https://community.estimote.com

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http://developer.estimote.com

http://github.com/estimote

http://tiny.cc/beacons

https://community.estimote.com/

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