React-native-beacon-radar NPM

react-native-beacon-radar

CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.... RIGHT NOW ONLY SCANS FOR CERTAIN IBEACON

Package to scan for iBeacons on both Android and IOS. This module is fully compatible with Expo (Will not work with Expo Go, but will work with development build.)

Installation

npm install react-native-beacon-radar

yarn add react-native-beacon-radar

Basic usage

import { DeviceEventEmitter } from 'react-native';
import { startScanning } from 'react-native-beacon-radar';

// ...

startScanning('YOUR UUID', {
  useForegroundService: true,
  useBackgroundScanning: true,
});

DeviceEventEmitter.addListener('onBeaconsDetected', (beacons) => {
  console.log('onBeaconsDetected', beacons);
});

Current API:

Method	Description
requestWhenInUseAuthorization	This method should be called before anything else is called. It handles to request the use of beacons while the application is open. If the application is in the background, you will not get a signal from beacons.
requestAlwaysAuthorization	This method should be called before anything else is called. It handles to request the use of beacons while the application is open or in the background.
getAuthorizationStatus	This methods gets the current authorization status.
startScanning	This method starts scanning for a certain beacon based on its UUID.
startRadar (Android only)	This method starts scanning for all beacons in range. This is only available on Android.

Event	Description
onBeaconsDetected	This event gets called when the beacon you are searching for is in range.

Expo

This module will work with the Expo managed workflow. It will not however work with Expo Go, since it needs native features. You can use the development build of Expo to test this module. More about this can be found here. To use this module in expo managed add the following to your app.json:

"expo": {
  "ios": {
    "infoPlist": {
      "NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription": "We need your location to detect nearby beacons.",
      "NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription": "We need your location to detect nearby beacons even when the app is in the background.",
      "NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription": "We need your location to detect nearby beacons even when the app is in the background."
    }
  },
  "plugins": [
    "react-native-beacon-radar"
  ]
}