Android Development

Detecting iBeacons with Android Devices

In this post, I'll be discussing how to get an Android device to detect iBeacons. What is an iBeacon? If you're reading this, you probably know what an iBeacon is, but, just in case you don't, let's do a quick summary. An iBeacon is simply a Bluetooth LE device which has formatted its advertising packet… Continue reading Detecting iBeacons with Android Devices

Android Development

Getting a Package Name from an Application Label (Display Name)

This is the first of several posts I've begun writing about an open source machine learning utility app for Android. Stay tuned! I've been looking around for a way to launch apps using their display names (officially, the "Application Label"). It seems like a pretty straightforward thing to want to do, and I see plenty… Continue reading Getting a Package Name from an Application Label (Display Name)