Will Beacon notification for android come eventhough the app is not open in background (for android)?

1

I wanted to get the notification if just the bluetooth is on .Is that possible in android using some background service.

2

Hi @Vamc,

the monitoring technology is made for you ^^
It notifies you when you enter or exit a region you defined.
It works on background.
It needs the Bluetooth and the Location permissions (BLUETOOTH, BLUETOOTH_ADMIN, ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION).

See:

// Instanciate the BeaconManager class.
BeaconManager manager = new BeaconManager(this);

// Instanciate the region you want to monitor.
BeaconRegion region = new BeaconRegion(/* Your region */);

// Set a listener to handle the events.
manager.setMonitoringListener(new BeaconManager.BeaconMonitoringLitener {
    @Override
    public void onEnteredRegion(BeaconRegion region, List<Beacon> beacons) {
        // Handle here the event when you enter the region.
    }

    @Override
        public void onExitedRegion(BeaconRegion region) {
            // Handle here the event when you exit the region.
        }
});

// Connect to the service (mandatory) before monitoring.
manager.connect(new BeaconService.OnServiceReadyCallback {
    @Override
    public void onServiceReady() {
        manager.startMonitoring(region);
    }
});

/* After the monitoring. */

// Stop the monitoring.
manager.stopMonitoring(region.getIdentifier());

// Disconnect from service.
manager.disconnect();
3

THIS IS MY CODE FOR MONITORING PART…
I AM GETTING NOTIFICATION ONLY WHEN THE APPLICATION IS ACTIVE AND IN FOREGROUND…WHEN THE APP IS NOT OPEN i AM NOT GETTING ANY NOTIFICATION EVEN IF I AM IN THE RANGE OF BEACON…

Can someone help me out with this thing??

package com.example.airport;

import android.app.Application;
import android.app.Notification;
import android.app.NotificationManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;

import com.estimote.sdk.Beacon;
import com.estimote.sdk.BeaconManager;
import com.estimote.sdk.Region;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.UUID;

public class MyApplication extends Application {

private BeaconManager beaconManager;

@Override
public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();

System.out.println(“i am here”);
beaconManager = new BeaconManager(getApplicationContext());

    beaconManager.setMonitoringListener(new BeaconManager.MonitoringListener() {
        @Override
        public void onEnteredRegion(Region region, List<Beacon> list) {
            showNotification(
                    "Your gate closes in 47 minutes.",
                    "Current security wait time is 15 minutes, "
                            + "and it's a 5 minute walk from security to the gate. "
                            + "Looks like you've got plenty of time!");
        }
        @Override
        public void onExitedRegion(Region region) {
            // could add an "exit" notification too if you want (-:
        }
    });
    beaconManager.connect(new BeaconManager.ServiceReadyCallback() {
        @Override
        public void onServiceReady() {
            beaconManager.startMonitoring(new Region("monitored region",
                    UUID.fromString("B9407F30-F5F8-466E-AFF9-25556B57FE6D"), 3303, 12553));
        }
    });
}

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);
}

}

4

Sorry, but I don’t master the notification and Android background app’ features… But your Estimote code seems to be correct to me.