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Sep
2016

2.4 VERSION OF CONNECTHINGS MOBILE SDK IS NOW AVAILABLE – UPDATE OF THE SDK DOCUMENTATION

The Connecthings Dev Team is proud to announce the new 2.4.x version of our Mobile SDK. This is a major milestone for our integrated Internet of Things platform. Here are the major exciting new features now ready for developers: Welcome notifications Alert strategies Beacon detection and the notifications interactions when application is killed for Android […]

Developer

Jul
2016

DEV.CONNECTHINGS.COM DÁ A BENVINDA A VOCÊS, DESENVOLVEDORES!

Com a tecnologia Bluetooth Beacon se desenvolvendo e captando mais e mais tração de desenvolvedores e inovadores ao redor do mundo, temos lançado recentemente um espaço dedicado ao desenvolvedor em dev.connecthings.com. Está cheio de recursos e documentações sobre a nossa tecnologia, incluindo tutoriais (para iOS e Android) afim de ajudar começar rapidamente com os beacons. […]

Developer

Jun
2016

DEV.CONNECTHINGS.COM WELCOMES YOU, DEVELOPERS!

As Bluetooth beacon technology expand and get more and more traction from developers & innovators, we recently launched a dedicated “Developers’ Space” at dev.connecthings.com. It’s packed with resources and documentations about our technologies, including tutorials (for iOS and Android) to help developers to quickly get started with beacons. You will learn how to configure your […]

Developer

May
2016

BEACONS – A YEAR OF INNOVATIONS WITH GOOGLE

Since the summer of 2015, Google has made many announcements related to beacon technologies. Let’s take a retrospective look at this past year’s innovations from Google: July 14, 2015: at the start of the summer, Google surprises everyone by launching a new set of beacon frames called EddyStone. August 31, 2015: the Nearby API – a mobile SDK […]

Developer

Apr
2016

HOW TO ACTIVATE THE PHYSICAL WEB ON ANDROID

When the Physical web launched in 2015, using the Google Chrome browser was the best solution to receive **[Physical Web notifications](physical-web-in-a-nutshell.html. Last summer, Google announced the launch of Nearby Notifications, another way to generate beacon notifications without needing to integrate an SDK in an application. On this occasion, Google released a new application, Google Nearby, as part of the Google Services package. This […]

Developer

Apr
2016

HOW TO ACTIVATE PHYSICAL WEB ON IOS

1- Install the Chrome browser 2- Slide open your notification panel, and click on the tab “Today” 3- Add the chrome browser to your widget Click on the edit button in the tab “Today” Click on the corresponding **”+” button to add Chrome Click on done on the upper, right-hand corner 4- Now you can see the chrome widget […]

Developer

Apr
2016

ESSENTIALS ABOUT IBEACON AND EDDYSTONE

iBeacon and Eddystone are the main protocols for beacons. Each one defines the format of the frames that beacons emit. the iBeacon frame iBeacon is a proprietary protocol developed by Apple. Format The iBeacon frame contains 3 IDs: a UUID: a beacon’s main ID. All of your beacons will have the same UUID. a Major […]

Beacon Essentials Developer

Apr
2016

THE PHYSICAL WEB IN A NUTSHELL

The Physical Web is Google’s new way of interacting with connected objects. A “Physical Web” object emits a URL that triggers an interaction through a Physical Web application. The Physical Web is the new QR Code, with two major benefits: Physical Web URLs are smartly pushed to a user’s device: no need to open the application to receive notifications […]

Beacon Essentials Developer

Apr
2016

THE IBEACON DETECTION PROCESS, IOS AND ANDROID

What is a beacon region? A central notion when working with beacons is the beacon region A beacon region is a filter that allows developers to filter beacons based on: -their UUID -their UUID, Major -or their UUID, Major, Minor For example, if an application works with beacon regions by filtering on the UUID “uuid01”: the application will […]

Beacon Essentials Developer

Apr
2016

WHAT IS A BEACON AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT

A beacon is small device that emits frames using a Bluetooth Low Energy protocol. A beacon can emit frames in various formats. Nowadays, the most popular protocol is iBeacon (Apple technology). However, there are several other protocols on the market, such as Eddystone, which is an open-source format developed by Google. A beacon emits frames at regular advertising […]

Beacon Essentials Developer