Hi,
i am currently developing an app which should track a user through an event. The indoor event has several rooms, each equipped with an iBeacon. The app should send statistics how long the user was inside that specific room.
Notes:
- there are more than one exits/entries for the room
- there are more beacons than 20 (so defining each beacon as a region does not work on iOS)
- the tracking should also work, when the app is closed (not only in background, but really closed)
My implementation works like this:
all the beacons have the same UID, the major is defining the event, the minor the room of the event
- i am monitoring the region by providing the UID
- when entering the region i am starting a ranging with the UID-Region for 10 seconds and use all the returned becaons as new regions for monitoring. If no beacon can be ranged i will start the process with step 1. I use the nearest beacon for tracking
- whenever i leave one of this regions i am starting with the above listed step number 2
The problem with this solution is that i do net get a lot of exit/entry events on the region when the beacon is not perfectly configured. Therefore i am thinking about adjusting the process like this:
- as above
- when entering the region i am starting ranging and will track the nearest beacon
- when leaving the region i will stop ranging since the user left the event
I see one problem with this adjusted process and that’s the battery life time.
Do i miss sth or is this the best solution?
Thx for your help