Estimote Telemetry Background Android

LTE Beacons
1

Can you use the EstimoteTelemetry class in the background?
I would like to receive a notification when the beacon is moving and the app is closed.
Do you have a solution?

2

Hi @DColonna82,

according to the Estimote Android SDK, the Eddystone-TLM packet discovery is a foreground feature.

3

So I can not use the Estimote Telemetry class in the background! Are there alternative solutions?

4

Discovery should work in the background as well, it’s just currently optimized for the foreground usage & maximum responsiveness.

For background usage, it’s best to put it in your Application subclass instead of an Activity, as activities can be suspended/deallocated when your app is in the background.

5

Hi @heypiotr,

is it also possible to use a service for background packet discovery?

6

Hi guys, this is my code! I think monitoring does not work properly while the telemetry works fine. Do you have suggestions for a proper functioning of Monitoring and Telemetry together in a class that extends Application?

public class Telemetry_Monitoring extends Application

{

    private BeaconManager beaconManager;
   
    private String scanId;

    Region mRegionBlueberry = new Region("monitored region", UUID.fromString("xxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx"),xxxxx, xxxxx);
    
    Region mRegionMint = new Region("monitored region", UUID.fromString("xxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx"),xxxxx, xxxxx);
    
    Region mRegionMarshmallow = new Region("monitored region", UUID.fromString("xxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx"),xxxxx, xxxxx);
          
    @Override
    public void onCreate()
    {
        beaconManager = new BeaconManager(getApplicationContext());

        beaconManager.setMonitoringListener(new BeaconManager.MonitoringListener()
        {
            @Override
            public void onEnteredRegion(Region region, List<Beacon> list)
            {
                if(region.getMajor()==xxxxx)
                    showNotification("Bluebarry range","Bluebarry beacon!");
               
                if(region.getMajor()==xxxxx)
                    showNotification("Mint range","Mint beacon!");          
              
                if(region.getMajor()==xxxxx)
                {
                    showNotification("Marshmallow range","Marshmallow beacon!");
                }
            }
            @Override
            public void onExitedRegion(Region region) { }
        });

        beaconManager.setTelemetryListener(new BeaconManager.TelemetryListener()
        {
            @Override
            public void onTelemetriesFound(List<EstimoteTelemetry> telemetries)
            {

                for (EstimoteTelemetry tlm : telemetries)
                {
                    if(tlm.motionState)
                    {
                        if(tlm.deviceId.toHexString().equals("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"))
                            showNotification("BLUEBERRY BEACON", "Motion detected! ");
                        if(tlm.deviceId.toHexString().equals("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"))
                            showNotification("MINT BEACON", "Motion detected! ");
                        if(tlm.deviceId.toHexString().equals("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"))
                            showNotification("MARSHMALLOW BEACON", "Motion detected! ");
                    }
                }
            }
        });

        beaconManager.connect(new BeaconManager.ServiceReadyCallback()
        {
            @Override
            public void onServiceReady()
            {
                //Beacon Bluebarry
                beaconManager.startMonitoring(mRegionBlueberry);
                //Beacon Mint
                beaconManager.startMonitoring(mRegionMint);
                //Beacon Marshmallow
                beaconManager.startMonitoring(mRegionMarshmallow);

                //Telemetry
                scanId = beaconManager.startTelemetryDiscovery();
            }
        });
    }

    
    public void showNotification(String title, String message)
    {
        Intent notifyIntent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
        notifyIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
        PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivities(this, 0,
                new Intent[]{notifyIntent}, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
        Notification notification = new Notification.Builder(this)
                .setSmallIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_info)
                .setContentTitle(title)
                .setContentText(message)
                .setAutoCancel(true)
                .setContentIntent(pendingIntent)
                .build();
        notification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND;
        NotificationManager notificationManager =
                (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
        notificationManager.notify(1, notification);
    }
}
7

Hey,

why do you think it doesn’t work? Not notifying at all?

8

I receive Monitoring Notifications with a lower frequency. it’s normal?

9

Yeah, because there is a 30 time-guard with the monitoring technology.