A Swift 3 demo app demonstrating iBeacons API usage for iOS 10 and watchOS 3.0 with beacon region monitoring, advertising, and ranging.
HiBeacons is an open-source demonstration application for Apple's iBeacons API, built with Swift 3 for iOS 10 and watchOS 3.0. It provides a functional example of beacon region monitoring, advertising, and ranging, allowing developers to understand and experiment with Bluetooth beacon technologies in a practical setting. The app solves the need for a clear, modifiable reference implementation to learn iBeacon integration.
iOS and watchOS developers seeking to learn or implement iBeacon functionality, including beacon monitoring, advertising, and ranging in their applications.
Developers choose HiBeacons for its clean, well-documented Swift 3 codebase, modular architecture, and comprehensive demonstration of iBeacon operations with Apple Watch support, making it an ideal educational tool over building from scratch.
An iBeacons example app for iOS 10, with Apple Watch (watchOS 3.0) support, written in Swift 3.
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Demonstrates all core iBeacon functions—monitoring, advertising, and ranging—with simple UI toggles, as shown in the three dedicated operation classes (NATMonitoringOperation, NATAdvertisingOperation, NATRangingOperation).
Uses a clear, modular hierarchy with separate classes for each operation, making the code easy to understand and modify for learning purposes, as emphasized in the project philosophy.
Includes a companion watchOS 3.0 app that allows remote control of beacon operations from the wrist, enhancing practical demonstration of cross-device functionality.
Code is documented using reStructuredText, compatible with SourceKit, which aids in exploring and understanding the implementation details directly in Xcode.
The app can only monitor and range one beacon region at a time, as admitted in the README, which restricts its use for applications requiring broader beacon tracking.
UI shows minimal alerts, and developers must rely on console logs for detailed feedback, indicating a lack of user-friendly features suitable for production apps.
Built specifically for iOS 10 and Swift 3, with the Objective-C branch being outdated and buggy, limiting compatibility with newer iOS versions or different development environments.