altbeacon-plugin

The altbeacon-plugin its a cordova plugin that uses altbeacon library to scan and advertise Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons using the Eddystone protocol.

How to compile

Follow the commands below to compile this plugin to your Cordova app. This plugin needs Cordova-plugin-android-support-v4 support.

• cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-android-support-v4
• cordova plugin add ../altbeacon-plugin/
• cordova build --stacktrace
• cordova run android --device

How to use

Use the scan method to scan for nearby beacon. This method returns 30 seconds window of scanning.

     window.plugins.altbeaconPlugin.scan(function(result) {
                for(var i=0; i<result.length; i++) {
                    var beacon = result[i];
                    console.log("I have found this beacon:")
                    console.log(beacon.url);
                    console.log(beacon.mac);
                    console.log(beacon.distance);
                    console.log(beacon.timestamp);
                    console.log(beacon.rssi);
                    console.log(beacon.txPower);
                }
            }, function(err) {
                ....
            });

Use the ads method to advertise new beacons. This method needs the advertise url and the duration of the advertise window in milliseconds.

window.plugins.altbeaconPlugin.ads("https://teste55.com/HhHhss", 10000, function(result) {
                ...
            }, function(err) {
                ...
            });