Android iBeacon development and wearables integration

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Explains how Android detects and emits iBeacon BLE: Android supports BLE from Android 4.3+, Lollipop adds the new Scan API with filters, background scanning and modes; measured detection intervals are 44s (low power) vs 100ms (low latency) and low power roughly halves battery drain. Details include the 31-byte advertisement payload format (manufacturer ID, UUID, major/minor, TX power). Shows how to turn a device into beacons on Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 and a working shopping‑mall demo (in‑app pulsing button and scannable barcode).

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:41Understanding beacons
3. 2:38Beacon use cases
4. 3:46Bluetooth low energy basics
5. 6:06Technical characteristics
6. 7:33GATT profile architecture
7. 10:08Analyzing beacon data
8. 15:43Android BLE implementation
9. 18:22Scanning for beacons
10. 23:18Beacon emission and demo
11. 27:53Advanced use cases

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