Checking the distance

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Hi Everyone,

We are in the process of developing our first Estimote iBeacon application on Android and I have a very basic question just to make sure that we are on the correct track; I am depending on the RSSI to decide on the distance from the mobile device and the Beacons, is this the correct way of getting the distance or should I use something else? If the answer is 'YES' then this should work on iOS as well, right?

Thanks

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Hi Dawlet,

Yes, it is the correct way. And yes, iOS uses RSSI as well.

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Hi All,

How i get the RSSI in both platforms?

I develop a region app (With many beacons) and we have the UUID, major and minor but i dont see the RSSI value.

Regards, thanks for the assist.

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Hi EdwinAlvrdo,

Can’t you get the RSSI of a Beacon object with the Android method Beacon.getRssi()?
See the Estimote Android SDK JavaDoc, I think it could help you.
I don’t know how to do it on iOS, sorry…

Have a nice day :slight_smile:

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On iOS, it’s the CLBeacon object you get from ranging, and it has an rssi property.