search

kontaktio / kontakt-ios-sdk

This SDK makes it easy for you to configure, monitor, and securely update Kontakt.io Beacons through our Kontakt.io API.
http://developer.kontakt.io
Other
48 stars 9 forks source link

beacon mac address #41

Closed quba88 closed 7 years ago

quba88 commented 7 years ago

It is possible to get mac address from beaconManager:didRangeBeacons: inRegion: delegate method. Something equivalent with android getAddress

adrianz commented 7 years ago

Hi @quba88

TL;DR version - Developers don't have access to MAC addresses on iOS

Full version - iBeacon format specifies the Proximity UUID, Major and Minor as only available identifiers and CLBeacon object provides only this as a reference for a beacon. There is no other way to detect iBeacons on iOS other than using the Core Location API, so KTKBeaconManager can't provide any other information that what iOS is giving us.

If a beacon is a connectable Bluetooth device (like our beacons are) it's possible to detect it via Core Bluetooth, and that's what KTKDevicesManager is doing when you want to e.g. configure a beacon. But in this case MAC address is not available as well – for privacy reasons iOS generates unique identifiers for Bluetooth devices your iPhone/iPad detects and don't expose MAC addresses to developers.