Open app with iBeacon

Question

I\'m so excited about the new release of iOs 7.1 with big changes for iBeacon, which is stated in here: http://beekn.net/2014/03/apple-ios-7-1-launches-major-ibeacon-improve

Answer 1

iOS does launch your app when enters a iBeacon region even if your app was closed completely. You can verify it by doing following things:

1. Define locationManager in AppDelegate, and add delegate CLLocationManagerDelegate;

2. Init locationManager in - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions

   self.locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
   self.locationManager.delegate = self;
   

3. Add methods:

   - (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didExitRegion:(CLRegion *)region {
       if ([region isKindOfClass:[CLBeaconRegion class]]) {
           UILocalNotification *notification = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
           notification.alertBody = @"didExitRegion";
           notification.soundName = @"Default";
           [[UIApplication sharedApplication] presentLocalNotificationNow:notification];
       }
   }
   
   
   - (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didEnterRegion:(CLRegion *)region {
       if ([region isKindOfClass:[CLBeaconRegion class]]) {
           UILocalNotification *notification = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
           notification.alertBody = @"didEnterRegion";
           notification.soundName = @"Default";
           [[UIApplication sharedApplication] presentLocalNotificationNow:notification];
       }
   }