AprilBeacon which i downloaded from github is giving mac address null

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Hi,
Can any one share the code to get mac address.
ABBluetoothManager’s method startAprilBeaconsDiscovery to discover delegate methods are not getting called.

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please paste your code of use startAprilBeaconsDiscovery. I

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@interface ABBluetoothViewController ()

@property (nonatomic, strong) ABBluetoothManager *beaconManager;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray *tableData;

@end

@implementation ABBluetoothViewController

  • (void)viewDidLoad
    {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    self.beaconManager = [[ABBluetoothManager alloc] init];
    self.beaconManager.delegate = self;
    [self.beaconManager startAprilBeaconsDiscovery];

    _tableData = [NSMutableArray array];

    self.refreshControl = [[UIRefreshControl alloc] init];
    [self.refreshControl addTarget:self
    action:@selector(startRangeBeacons)
    forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];

    //[self.beaconManager addCustomBeaconNameFilter:@“aikaka”];
    }

  • (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
    {
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];
    [self startRangeBeacons];
    }

  • (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
    {
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];

    [self stopRangeBeacons];
    }

  • (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
    {
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }

  • (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
    {
    if ([segue.identifier isEqualToString:@“ModifySegue”]) {
    ABModifyViewController *vc = segue.destinationViewController;
    vc.beacon = sender;
    }
    }

#pragma mark - Table view data source

  • (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
    {
    return [_tableData count];
    }

  • (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
    {
    ABBeacon *beacon = _tableData[indexPath.row];
    CBPeripheral *peripheral = beacon.peripheral;

    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@“beaconCell”];

    cell.textLabel.text = peripheral.name;
    NSMutableString *detailString = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];

    // fot the newest EEK iBeacon, you can get Major, Minor, Mac Address , battery level when scan iBeacons.
    if (beacon.major) {
    [detailString appendFormat:@"Major:%@ ",beacon.major];
    }
    if (beacon.minor) {
    [detailString appendFormat:@"Minor:%@ ",beacon.minor];
    }
    if (beacon.macAddress) {
    [detailString appendFormat:@"Mac:%@ ",beacon.macAddress];
    }
    if (beacon.batteryLevel) {
    [detailString appendFormat:@"Battery:%@ ", beacon.batteryLevel];
    }
    if (beacon.rssi == 127) {
    cell.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
    cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];

      [detailString appendFormat:@"rssi : "];

    } else {
    cell.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
    cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
    [detailString appendFormat:@“rssi : %ld”, (long)beacon.rssi];
    }

    cell.detailTextLabel.text = detailString;
    cell.detailTextLabel.numberOfLines = 0;

    return cell;
    }

  • (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
    {
    [self performSegueWithIdentifier:@“ModifySegue” sender:_tableData[indexPath.row]];
    }

  • (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
    {
    return 60;
    }

#pragma mark - ABBeaconManagerDelegate

  • (void)beaconManager:(ABBeaconManager *)manager didDiscoverBeacons:(NSArray *)beacons{
    [self.refreshControl endRefreshing];
    [_tableData removeAllObjects];
    [_tableData addObjectsFromArray:beacons];
    [self.tableView reloadData];
    }
  • (void)beaconManager:(ABBeaconManager *)manager didDiscoverBeacon:(ABBeacon *)beacon{
    NSLog(@“apmacaddresss—%@”,beacon.macAddress);
    }

#pragma mark - Custom methods

-(void)startRangeBeacons
{

[_beaconManager startAprilBeaconsDiscovery];

ABTransmitters *tran = [ABTransmitters sharedTransmitters];
[[tran transmitters] enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(id obj, NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop)
{
    NSUUID *proximityUUID = [[NSUUID alloc] initWithUUIDString:obj[@"uuid"]];
    NSString *regionIdentifier = obj[@"uuid"];
    
    ABBeaconRegion *beaconRegion;
    beaconRegion = [[ABBeaconRegion alloc] initWithProximityUUID:proximityUUID
                                                      identifier:regionIdentifier];
    beaconRegion.notifyOnEntry = YES;
    beaconRegion.notifyOnExit = YES;
    beaconRegion.notifyEntryStateOnDisplay = YES;

// [_beaconManager startAprilSensorsDiscovery]; // only find april sensors
// [_beaconManager startAprilLightDiscovery]; // only find april lights
}];
}

-(void)stopRangeBeacons
{
[_beaconManager stopAprilBeaconDiscovery];
}

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this is our demo code ? I tried our demo code , it works

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In the Demo code only am not getting the mac address.

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you need connect first, or you can’t get mac address

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how to connect ?

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Please check this file instead