iBeacon region monitoring unreliable

Originator:thomas.einwaller
Number:rdar://29265623 Date Originated:2016/11/15
Status:Closed Resolved:
Product:iOS Product Version:10.1.1
Classification:Bug Reproducible:Sometimes
 
Area:
Bluetooth

Summary:
We are using iBeacon for our app to trigger events when entering or leaving the region of a specific iBeacon.

Steps to Reproduce:
App registers for monitoring iBeacon region with specific UUID, major and minor values.

Expected Results:
Every event of entering or leaving the region of the configured iBeacon should be fired and trigger the app.

Actual Results:
Sometimes it works as expected for some time but after some hours no events are triggered anymore.

Version:
iOS 10.1.1

Notes:
When iBeacon monitoring stops working as expected it sometimes helps to do one of the following:
- Turn Wireless Networking Off/On
- Turn Bluetooth Off/On
- Reboot Device

Sometimes we get inside/outside region notifications when doing a phone call or when disconnecting from the car bluetooth connection - even when we were inside the iBeacon region the whole time.

Configuration:
iPhone 7

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Comments

Apple Developer Relations contacted me again

and asked if I could reproduce the issue with 10.3 beta 2 - so I installed the beta today

By thomas.einwaller at Feb. 13, 2017, 2:55 p.m. (reply...)

How did the 10.3 beta 2 do with this issue?

By steve.cheney at March 10, 2017, 5:53 p.m. (reply...)

Testing with 10.2 Beta 4 showed no improvement

By thomas.einwaller at Dec. 7, 2016, 9:09 a.m. (reply...)

Apple Developer Relations contacted me requesting more information

I needed to upload a sysdiagnose log information

By thomas.einwaller at Nov. 29, 2016, 11:34 a.m. (reply...)

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