Advertising not working

[jonasty19]

Hi, I'm trying to configure my iPad as an iBeacon using this cordova plugin. I am unable to do it. I've copied the code directly into my app. It's running and it's giving no errors. I can see that the startAdvertising command is being run. Ok, so, now, if I scan for the beacon, I get nothing. If I run the isAdvertising command manually, I get false.

Is this supported? Using a native iBeacon advertising app, I can advertise with the same exact iPad no problems. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[jonasty19]

Does anyone know if this functionality even works anymore? Or if this code is even supported?

Thanks.

[jonasty19]

Anyone working on this?

[cgewecke]

@jonasty19 - Possibly related to your issue.

Had similar problem when upgrading from cordova 3.x.x to 4.0.0 with code that had worked until then. Was able to fix within Xcode by making sure: Capabilities > Background Modes > Location Updates is toggled on.

[jonasty19]

@cgewecke Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question. You have saved a stranger a lot of time and headaches. It's very difficult to find documentation on this sort of issue, especially if you don't know where the problem lies (with code or configuration).
Your solution was exactly my problem btw.

[mpk2]

This really should be in the documentation somewhere. It seems to be required even when only in the foreground.