startRangingBeaconsSatisfyingConstraint multiple beacons

Question

When i use startRangingBeaconsInRegion with different regions didRangeBeacons inRegion can determine all the beacons that i set, but when i am doing the same with startRangingBeaconsSatisfyingConstraint didRangeBeacons satisfyingConstraint can determine only the last one. Is it the apple bug?

startRangingBeaconsInRegion

for (NSString *uuidString in uuidsString) {
    NSUUID *uuid = [[NSUUID alloc] initWithUUIDString:uuidString];

    CLBeaconRegion *region = [[CLBeaconRegion alloc] initWithUUID:uuid identifier:uuidString];
    [_locationManager startRangingBeaconsInRegion:region];
}

startRangingBeaconsSatisfyingConstraint

for (NSString *uuidString in uuidsString) {
    NSUUID *uuid = [[NSUUID alloc] initWithUUIDString:uuidString];        

    CLBeaconIdentityConstraint *beaconIdentityConstraint = [[CLBeaconIdentityConstraint alloc] initWithUUID:uuid];
    [_locationManager startRangingBeaconsSatisfyingConstraint:beaconIdentityConstraint];
}

Answer 1

This appears to be a recently introduced bug in CoreLocation with the new startRangingBeaconsSatisfyingConstraint API.

The workaround for now is to use the deprecated startRangingBeaconsInRegion API.

See related post here:

SWIFT: CoreLocation - Ranging Beacons using CLBeaconIdentityConstraint does not range multiple beacons

And the Apple forum post reporting the bug:

https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/130360