c# - Beacons in Windows Phone 8.1 - there are no possibilities? -
first of all, yes, have read other similar questions.
secondly, developing app (wp 8.1 winrt), must use beacons. read lot it, , know, connection ble device not possible without pairing first. hope dies last, want ask possibilities have. possible pair devices in code (according articles have read - not, maybe know way)? or obtain nearby beacons id or name, or information them? posts have found outdated (from last year, maybe ms or released update/api?) search kind of solution, api or idea how avoid pairing problem. pairing manually won't work - 1. not sure if possible pair beacons, 2. many of them (beacons need) anyway communicate or obtain beacons. grateful option or idea
while have not tried yet, there developer has built hci layer talk directly bluetooth dongles on pre-windows 10 machines. available here: winbeacon
this work on desktop machines, , not mobile phones. if interested in mobile phones windows 8.x, not believe there solution. have spoken microsoft engineers have confirmed me.
the fundamental problem windows 8.x on mobile devices bluetooth le scan operation (which must done search beacons) must initiated operating system. there no public api , no known private api can used initiate bluetooth le scan. pairing device not -- scan important , ibeacon , similar ble beacon types not use pairing @ primary proximity detection purpose.
microsoft engineers have told me there no plans add feature 8.x, want push folks windows 10.
while know not windows 8.x, note record upcoming windows 10 release, working on port of android beacon library windows here.
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