[MOD-2434] Android: need to implement Android Beacon monitoring on Localytics module

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	New Feature
Priority	Medium
Status	In Review
Resolution	Unresolved
Affected Version/s	n/a
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Reporter	Fazlul Haque
Assignee	Gary Mathews
Created	2018-06-19T22:25:43.000+0000
Updated	2018-06-20T04:32:57.000+0000

Description

Hello, We have a feature request to update the Android module with beacon monitoring. They have tried the Android localytics module and added the localytics.xml file in the /app/platform/android/res/values directory. The library was initiated as shown below. It fails calling to find the method - startMonitoring

//Initialization of library: 
Alloy.Globals.localytics = require('com.localytics'); 
Alloy.Globals.localytics.autoIntegrate(); 
 
//Start beacon monitoring: 
Alloy.Globals.localytics.startMonitoring(handleProximity);

Message: Uncaught TypeError: Alloy.Globals.localytics.startMonitoring is not a function. They would like to get the startMonitoring method on Android localytics module. Note: they are using the module from [Here](https://github.com/localytics/localytics-titanium/pull/6) Thanks

Comments

Gary Mathews 2018-06-19

I recommend they use https://github.com/garymathews/liferay-android-beacons/releases/download/2.0/com.liferay.beacons-android-2.0.zip *EXAMPLE*

   <android xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
     <manifest>    
       <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/>
       <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN"/>
       <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
   
       <application>
         <service android:enabled="true" android:exported="true" android:isolatedProcess="false" android:label="iBeacon" android:name="com.radiusnetworks.ibeacon.service.IBeaconService"/>
         <service android:enabled="true" android:name="com.radiusnetworks.ibeacon.IBeaconIntentProcessor">
           <meta-data android:name="background" android:value="true"/>
           <intent-filter android:priority="1">
             <action android:name="${applicationId}.DID_RANGING"/>
             <action android:name="${applicationId}.DID_MONITORING"/>
           </intent-filter>
         </service>
       </application>
   
     </manifest>
   </android>

   const beacons = Ti.Platform.name === 'android' ? require('com.liferay.beacons') : null;
   
   if (beacons) {
   
       // obtain location permissions
       Ti.Android.requestPermissions([ 'android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION' ], (e) => {
           if (e.success) {
   
               // wait for beacons library to be ready
               let handle = setInterval(() => {
                   if(!beacons.isReady()) return;
                   clearInterval(handle);
                   handle = null;
   
                   // listen for beacon proximity events
                   beacons.addEventListener('beaconProximity', (e) => {
                       const identifier = e.source.identifier,
                             uuid = e.source.uuid,
                             power = e.source.power;
   
                       Ti.API.info(identifier: ${identifier}, uuid: ${uuid}, power: ${power});
                   });
   
                   // monitor for our specific beacons
                   beacons.startMonitoringForRegion({
                       identifier: 'iBeacon',
                       uuid: '1ED323F5-E1CB-6B4C-2418-B8D760237BDE'
                   });
                   beacons.startMonitoringForRegion({
                       identifier: 'iBeacon',
                       uuid: 'B9407F30-F5F8-466E-AFF9-25556B57FE6D'
                   });
   
               }, 1000);
           } else {
               Ti.API.error(e.error);
           }
       });
   }

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