ContextHub Element Services Beacon Create Gist

element-services-beacon-create.mm

// Creating a beacon region with name "Beacon", tag "beacon-tag"
NSString *name = @"Beacon";
NSString *uuidString = @"B9407F30-F5F8-466E-AFF9-25556B57FE6D";
NSUUID *uuid = [[NSUUID alloc] initWithUUIDString:uuidString];
CLBeaconMajorValue major = 100;
CLBeaconMinorValue minor = 1;
NSString *beaconTag = @"beacon-tag";
[[CCHBeaconService sharedInstance] createBeaconWithProximityUUID:uuid major:major minor:minor tags:@[beaconTag] completionHandler:^(NSDictionary *beacon, NSError *error) {

  if (!error) {
    // Standard CLBeaconRegion class
    CLBeaconRegion *createdBeacon = [CCHBeaconService regionForBeacon:beacon];
    
    // If you do not have push properly set up, you need to explicitly call synchronize on CCHSensorPipeline so it will generate events if it applies to this device
    [[CCHSensorPipeline sharedInstance] synchronize:^(NSError *error) {
                    
        if (!error) {
            NSLog(@"DM: Successfully synchronized with ContextHub");
        } else {
            NSLog(@"DM: Could not synchronize withContextHub");
        }
    }];

    // The beacon dictionary also contains useful information like the id and tags of the beacon stored in ContextHub
    // It is recommended you make a custom class that wraps that information to make it easier to access
    // The DetectMe sample app creates the DMBeacon class and can act as a model for your own classes
  } else {
    NSLog(@"Could not create beacon %@ on ContextHub", name);
  }
}];