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tvOS support for iBeacons

Does tvOS support all of the same iBeacon functionalities as iOS? My biggest concern is CoreLocation related functionality.

Solution

  • Not all of the same functionality is supported, CoreLocation Changes for Objective-C.

    Removed CLBeacon
Removed CLBeacon.accuracy
Removed CLBeacon.major
Removed CLBeacon.minor
Removed CLBeacon.proximity
Removed CLBeacon.proximityUUID
Removed CLBeacon.rssi
Removed CLBeaconRegion
Removed -[CLBeaconRegion initWithProximityUUID:identifier:]
Removed -[CLBeaconRegion initWithProximityUUID:major:identifier:]
Removed -[CLBeaconRegion initWithProximityUUID:major:minor:identifier:]
Removed CLBeaconRegion.major
Removed CLBeaconRegion.minor
Removed CLBeaconRegion.notifyEntryStateOnDisplay
Removed -[CLBeaconRegion peripheralDataWithMeasuredPower:]
Removed CLBeaconRegion.proximityUUID

    For a complete list of iOS API's that are available for tvOS refer to: iOS 9.0 to tvOS 9.0 API Differences