Background scanning using Proximity Trigger (Android 8.0+) is not working

[RasoolMohamed27]

Prerequisites

• Put an X between the brackets on this line if you have done all of the following:
  • My beacons have Estimote Monitoring enabled (Check it in the Estimote Cloud, or via app)
  • My Android device/devices supports BLE and has Android OS version >= 5.0.0
  • My Android device/devices have bluetooth enabled
  • My app has Location Permissions granted

Basic information

Estimote SDK version: 0.6.2

Android devices affected: Nokia TA-1043

Android OS version affected: 8.1.0

Beacon hardware version: F3.3

Description

Background scanning using Proximity Trigger (Android 8.0+) is not working. Please find my below code.

mNotif = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this, "content_channel")
.setSmallIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_info)
.setContentTitle("Beacon scan")
.setContentText("Scan is running...")
.setContentIntent(PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0,
new Intent(this, MainActivity.class), PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT))
.setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_HIGH)
.build();

    if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
        new ProximityTriggerBuilder(this)
                .displayNotificationWhenInProximity(mNotif)
                .withNotificationId(111)
                .build()
                .start();
    }

(Optional) Steps to reproduce:

1. Enable Bluetooth and Location
2. Open the app and then force close it
3. Move close to the beacons

Expected behavior: Notification should be shown

Actual behavior: No Notification shown

[zack-hable]

I've already reported this issue here: #60

[pawelDylag]

Hey guys - we're not working on ProximityTrigger for now - got lots of other priority stuff to do. I'll add this to my backlog, and will take a look at this for sure!

My guess is that there was any additional restriction put on the background functionalities in Android 8.1.0 . ProximityTrigger was tested on 8.0.0, and we need to re test it on 8.1.0. Will definitely let you know about the progress when I hit this task :)

We will track this issue in #60 :)

Cheers,
Paweł

[rasoolmohamed]

Hi pawelDylag,
Please provide update on above issue.

[AndroidDeveloperMCT]

Any update on this issue ?