🐻 Bearound Flutter SDK

Official Flutter plugin for the Bearound native SDKs — Android 3.5.0 · iOS 3.5.0.

Tip

⚡ Set it up with an AI agent. Don't wire the iOS/Android background integration by hand — hand one prompt to your AI coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) and let it pilot the whole install, pausing only for the few human-only steps. → Set up with an AI agent

Features

Native beacon scanning on Android and iOS
Real-time beacon stream with metadata (battery, firmware, temperature)
Sync lifecycle events (sync started/completed callbacks)
Background detection events (beacons detected in background)
Optional Android foreground service (connectedDevice) for resilient background scanning
Scanning state and error streams
User properties support for enriched beacon events
Native permission handling - iOS uses requestAlwaysAuthorization() directly (no blue GPS indicator)
Business token authentication with automatic app ID detection
Automatic Bluetooth metadata collection and periodic scanning

Installation

Add to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  bearound_flutter_sdk: ^3.5.0

Run:

flutter pub get

Set up with an AI agent

Instead of wiring the intricate iOS/Android background setup by hand, hand it to an AI coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, …). This README is written to be agent-readable — the agent reads it and does the whole integration. There's one ready-made prompt to give it:

Open AI-AGENT-SETUP.md and click the copy icon on its code block — GitHub shows one on every code block, and it drops the prompt on your clipboard. Then paste it into your agent with your app's repo open. Web-capable agents can fetch its raw URL directly.

The agent will pause for these human-only steps — they need your Apple/Google accounts and a physical device, so no SDK or agent can do them:

Xcode → Push Notifications capability on your app target, signed with your push-enabled App ID / provisioning profile — the aps-environment entitlement the SDK's silent-push wake vector depends on. See Push notifications & background wakeup.
On device: grant Always location and turn on Background App Refresh.
Google Play: the connectedDevice foreground-service declaration + demonstration video required at review (only if you enable the foreground service). See Scan modes.

Prefer to wire it by hand? Everything the prompt references is spelled out in the sections below.

Platform Setup

Android

Add JitPack to your root settings.gradle or build.gradle:

dependencyResolutionManagement {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
    }
}

You normally don't need to declare any permissions — the SDK declares them all and the Android manifest merger injects them into your app automatically. The SDK uses the connectedDevice foreground-service model (reading data from Bluetooth devices), not location.

⚠️ If you redeclare BLUETOOTH_SCAN in your own manifest, you must keep the neverForLocation flag. If any declaration omits it, the flag is dropped from the merged manifest and Google treats the app as deriving location:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN"
    android:usesPermissionFlags="neverForLocation" tools:targetApi="s" />

For reference, the manifest merge injects the following into your app (this is the plugin's actual manifest — android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml):

<!-- Bluetooth (Android 11 and below) -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" android:maxSdkVersion="30" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN" android:maxSdkVersion="30" />

<!-- Bluetooth (Android 12+) -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN"
    android:usesPermissionFlags="neverForLocation" tools:targetApi="s" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT" />

<!-- Location: legacy only — required for a BLE scan on API <= 30; not requested on API 31+ -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" android:maxSdkVersion="30" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" android:maxSdkVersion="30" />

<!-- Foreground service: connectedDevice (BLE) on Android 14+ -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE" />

<!-- Misc -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />

<!-- Advertising ID -->
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID" />

<!-- Hardware features -->
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.bluetooth" android:required="true" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.bluetooth_le" android:required="true" />

What the manifest merge means for your Play Store listing

Know these before submitting to Google Play — they are discovered at review time otherwise:

AD_ID — your Play Console Data Safety form must declare that the app collects the Advertising ID. Apps in the Families / Designed for Families program are not allowed to carry this permission at all — if that's your case, talk to Bearound before integrating.
uses-feature android.hardware.bluetooth_le required="true" — the Play Store filters your app out of devices without BLE. Usually desirable for a beacon product, but be aware your listing's device reach shrinks.
FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE — its presence in the merged manifest triggers a Play Console foreground-service declaration + demo video for apps targeting SDK 34+. The service itself only runs if you opt in via foregroundScanConfig / enableForegroundScanning(); if you stay on the opportunistic mode, remove the permission with tools:node="remove" (snippet in Scan modes) and no declaration/video is needed.
POST_NOTIFICATIONS — declared by the SDK, but on Android 13+ you still need the runtime grant for the foreground-service notification to be visible (requestPermissions() already asks for it).

Minimum Android SDK: 23.

iOS

Add the following to ios/Runner/Info.plist:

<key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
<array>
    <string>fetch</string>
    <string>location</string>
    <string>processing</string>
    <string>bluetooth-central</string>
    <string>remote-notification</string>
</array>
<key>BGTaskSchedulerPermittedIdentifiers</key>
<array>
    <string>io.bearound.sdk.sync</string>
    <string>io.bearound.sdk.processing</string>
</array>
<key>NSBluetoothAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
<string>This app uses Bluetooth to detect nearby beacons.</string>
<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>This app needs location access to detect nearby beacons.</string>
<key>NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>This app needs location access to detect nearby beacons in background.</string>

Important for terminated app detection:

fetch mode allows iOS to wake the app when beacons are detected
User must grant "Always" location permission (not "When In Use")
User must enable "Background App Refresh" in device Settings

ℹ️ The iOS SDK uses a two-eyes model (CoreLocation + CoreBluetooth), so location is used on iOS by design. The neverForLocation strategy applies to Android only.

Disable UIScene (Flutter 3.41+) — required

Why this section exists. The SDK's background stack was built and validated against a native iOS app: suspended or even terminated, the app wakes on beacon-region entry or on a silent push, scans for ~10s and syncs — that's the product. When the same SDK ran inside a Flutter host, everything worked in foreground and nothing woke in background — same SDK version, same Info.plist keys, same entitlements. We diffed the two apps line by line until a single difference was left: the app life cycle. Flutter 3.41+ silently migrates apps to the UISceneDelegate life cycle, and under UIScene two things kill every wakeup path:

launchOptions arrives nil in didFinishLaunching (the bluetoothCentrals / location relaunch keys move to the SceneDelegate, which the native SDK doesn't see), and
plugins/handlers are registered after didFinishLaunching returns, violating Apple's rule that launch handlers must exist before launch ends — so CoreBluetooth state restoration, region relaunch and silent push are silently dropped (flutter#184267).

In other words: iOS does relaunch the app to hand it a beacon event — but under UIScene the app isn't listening yet, so the event evaporates. No error, no log, just "background detection doesn't work".

The fix is to induce Flutter back to the legacy AppDelegate life cycle — the one every native SDK (and Apple's own background contract) was designed around. The trick is the _ rename below: iOS ignores the unknown _UIApplicationSceneManifest key (Scene off, legacy cycle on), while Flutter's migrator — which re-injects the block whenever the substring UIApplicationSceneManifest disappears from the plist — still finds the substring and leaves the project alone. One rename, both systems satisfied.

Does it work? Yes — validated on real devices, on the reference example/ app and on a production fleet app (car.media): with the app suspended and with it terminated, a beacon region entry or a backend silent push wakes the process, the 10s BLE scan finds the beacons and the sync lands in the ingest backend seconds later. Foreground behavior, UI and the rest of the Flutter app are untouched — the legacy cycle is simply the stable, documented path iOS has supported since day one.

Every integrating app must apply it:

In ios/Runner/Info.plist, rename UIApplicationSceneManifest to _UIApplicationSceneManifest. Keep the _ prefix — do not delete the block: Flutter's migrator re-injects it on every build if the substring UIApplicationSceneManifest disappears; the _ prefix keeps it inert (iOS ignores unknown keys) and the migrator skips. Keep UIMainStoryboardFile and UILaunchStoryboardName as-is (removing them causes a black screen).
In ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift, use class AppDelegate: FlutterAppDelegate (no FlutterImplicitEngineDelegate / didInitializeImplicitFlutterEngine) and call GeneratedPluginRegistrant.register(with: self) inside didFinishLaunching — see the full AppDelegate in the next section.
If your project has a SceneDelegate.swift, it becomes dead code — you can delete it (and its project.pbxproj references).

The example/ app ships this configuration and is the working reference.

Background tasks (BGTaskScheduler) — required

Without this wiring the SDK still works in foreground, but it silently degrades in background: the SDK's BGTasks (periodic sync + processing) never run and terminated-state uploads never finalize.

The SDK schedules two BGTasks — io.bearound.sdk.sync (app refresh) and io.bearound.sdk.processing (longer execution). Both identifiers must be listed in BGTaskSchedulerPermittedIdentifiers (snippet above), and the app must call registerBackgroundTasks() before the app finishes launching — i.e. in your AppDelegate, not from Dart. Wire it in ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift (the example/ app is the working reference; this assumes UIScene is disabled per the section above — under UIScene there is no legacy didFinishLaunching wiring):

This is the complete AppDelegate — it is example/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift verbatim (the working reference), and it covers both the BGTask wiring and the silent-push handlers described in the next section. Copy it whole; every method is load-bearing. In particular, patchFlutterProMotionCrash() is required: disabling UIScene (above) re-enters an iOS-26 ProMotion code path that crashes the host on iPhone 15 Pro and newer — this workaround neutralizes it.

import Flutter
import UIKit
import BearoundSDK
import ObjectiveC
import UserNotifications

// Flutter 3.44.x crashes on iOS 26 when it creates the ProMotion touch-rate
// VSync client (the task runner is nil in viewDidLoad). Swizzle it to a no-op
// (cost: no touch-rate correction on ProMotion screens). REQUIRED once UIScene is
// disabled — the legacy storyboard path (which creates the FlutterViewController)
// re-enters this crashing code path.
private func patchFlutterProMotionCrash() {
  guard #available(iOS 26, *) else { return }
  let sel = NSSelectorFromString("createTouchRateCorrectionVSyncClientIfNeeded")
  guard let method = class_getInstanceMethod(FlutterViewController.self, sel) else { return }
  let noop: @convention(block) (AnyObject) -> Void = { _ in }
  method_setImplementation(method, imp_implementationWithBlock(noop))
}

// UIScene disabled (see _UIApplicationSceneManifest in Info.plist): back to the
// legacy AppDelegate lifecycle so UIApplicationDelegate background events (silent
// push wakeup, region/BLE state restoration, background fetch) are delivered
// again — exactly like the native app. Classic plugin registration via
// GeneratedPluginRegistrant.register(with: self); no FlutterImplicitEngineDelegate.
@main
@objc class AppDelegate: FlutterAppDelegate {
  override func application(
    _ application: UIApplication,
    didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?
  ) -> Bool {
    patchFlutterProMotionCrash()
    GeneratedPluginRegistrant.register(with: self)

    // Register the SDK's BGTasks BEFORE the app finishes launching.
    BeAroundSDK.shared.registerBackgroundTasks()
    // Silent push: register with APNs so the backend can wake the app in the
    // background. (The SDK also auto-captures the token via swizzle; this is
    // idempotent and mirrors the native AppDelegate.)
    application.registerForRemoteNotifications()

    // App relaunched in the background by a region/Bluetooth event while the app
    // was KILLED (state restoration) — mirrors the native "App Reactivated" flow.
    if launchOptions?[.location] != nil {
      NSLog("[Runner] Relaunched by LOCATION (region entry)")
      Self.notifyAppRelaunched()
    }
    if launchOptions?[.bluetoothCentrals] != nil {
      NSLog("[Runner] Relaunched by BLUETOOTH (state restoration)")
      Self.notifyAppRelaunched()
    }

    // Notifications: authorization + delegate so banners show in the foreground
    // (willPresent). Bearound silent pushes are handled by the override below.
    // If another plugin (firebase_messaging / flutter_local_notifications) already
    // owns the notification-center delegate, do NOT set it here — inject the
    // willPresent / didReceiveRemoteNotification logic into that owner instead.
    let center = UNUserNotificationCenter.current()
    center.delegate = self
    center.requestAuthorization(options: [.alert, .sound, .badge]) { granted, error in
      NSLog("[Runner] Notif auth granted=%d error=%@", granted ? 1 : 0, error?.localizedDescription ?? "nil")
    }

    return super.application(application, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: launchOptions)
  }

  // Background relaunch notification — a visible signal that the app woke up.
  private static func notifyAppRelaunched() {
    let content = UNMutableNotificationContent()
    content.title = "App Reactivated"
    content.body = "BeAroundSDK detected a beacon region in the background"
    content.sound = .default
    UNUserNotificationCenter.current().add(
      UNNotificationRequest(
        identifier: "bearound.relaunch.\(Int(Date().timeIntervalSince1970))",
        content: content,
        trigger: nil
      )
    )
  }

  // Background fetch — iOS periodically wakes the app for a refresh.
  override func application(
    _ application: UIApplication,
    performFetchWithCompletionHandler completionHandler: @escaping (UIBackgroundFetchResult) -> Void
  ) {
    BeAroundSDK.shared.performBackgroundFetch { success in
      completionHandler(success ? .newData : .noData)
    }
  }

  // Background URLSession — iOS relaunches the app to deliver completed
  // beacon-upload transfers so terminated-state uploads are finalized.
  override func application(
    _ application: UIApplication,
    handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession identifier: String,
    completionHandler: @escaping () -> Void
  ) {
    BeAroundSDK.shared.handleBackgroundURLSessionEvents(
      identifier: identifier,
      completionHandler: completionHandler
    )
  }

  // APNs token: the SDK auto-captures it via swizzle; kept only to log it.
  override func application(
    _ application: UIApplication,
    didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken deviceToken: Data
  ) {
    let token = deviceToken.map { String(format: "%02x", $0) }.joined()
    NSLog("[Runner] APNs token: %@", token)
    super.application(application, didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken: deviceToken)
  }

  override func application(
    _ application: UIApplication,
    didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError error: Error
  ) {
    NSLog("[Runner] APNs register FAILED: %@", error.localizedDescription)
  }

  // Silent-push wakeup — the DEPRECATED variant (no fetchCompletionHandler).
  // FlutterAppDelegate does NOT implement the modern
  // application(_:didReceiveRemoteNotification:fetchCompletionHandler:) as a real
  // method (dynamic forwarding via kSelectorsHandledByPlugins), so iOS drops the
  // silent push and never wakes a suspended app (flutter#155479 / #52895). The
  // deprecated variant below is NOT in Flutter's hijack list, so it reaches the app
  // and wakes it. We call the SDK's background-scan flow directly (what the native
  // app gets via swizzle, which does not work on Flutter). Guard on
  // userInfo["bearound"] so other providers' pushes pass through untouched.
  override func application(
    _ application: UIApplication,
    didReceiveRemoteNotification userInfo: [AnyHashable: Any]
  ) {
    guard userInfo["bearound"] != nil else { return }
    NSLog("[Runner] Bearound silent push received (deprecated variant) — scan + sync")
    BeAroundSDK.shared.performBackgroundBLERefreshAndSync(
      bleScanDuration: 10.0, trigger: "silent_push"
    ) { ingestStarted in
      let info = BeAroundSDK.shared.lastBackgroundScanInfo
      let found = info?.beaconsFound ?? 0
      let pending = info?.pendingBatches ?? 0
      NSLog("[Runner] Silent push handled: beacons=%d ingest=%d pending=%d",
            found, ingestStarted ? 1 : 0, pending)
      DispatchQueue.main.async {
        BeAroundSDK.shared.delegate?.didCompletePushScan(
          beaconsFound: found, ingestStarted: ingestStarted, pendingBatches: pending
        )
      }
    }
  }

  // Show the banner even in the foreground (normal/alert push).
  override func userNotificationCenter(
    _ center: UNUserNotificationCenter,
    willPresent notification: UNNotification,
    withCompletionHandler completionHandler: @escaping (UNNotificationPresentationOptions) -> Void
  ) {
    completionHandler([.banner, .sound])
  }
}

Without the BGTaskSchedulerPermittedIdentifiers entries, registerBackgroundTasks() cannot register the SDK's BGTasks and iOS will never grant them execution time.

Push notifications & background wakeup

The backend can trigger a background BLE scan via silent push, and iOS relaunches a closed app when it enters a beacon region. On top of the required setup above (UIScene disabled + legacy AppDelegate), this needs two extra steps in your app target. The complete AppDelegate shown above already includes the silent-push handlers; the entitlement below is the remaining piece.

1. Push entitlement — create ios/Runner/Runner.entitlements:

<key>aps-environment</key>
<string>production</string>

Reference it in the Runner build settings (all configs): CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS = Runner/Runner.entitlements;

Ship production — that's what TestFlight/App Store builds (your real fleet) use. Dev-signed builds (flutter run, Xcode run) are automatically re-signed with development, so the same file covers both. What you MUST match is the backend credential environment to the build you're testing: a development-signed build registers a sandbox APNs token, a store build registers a production one. Cross them and APNs replies 200 but the device never gets the push (BadDeviceToken) — the most common "push doesn't arrive" cause.

2. AppDelegate — the complete AppDelegate shown above already forwards the silent push to the SDK. Key points to understand:

application.registerForRemoteNotifications() in didFinishLaunching (idempotent if another push SDK — e.g. Firebase — already registers)
override the deprecated application(_:didReceiveRemoteNotification:) (without fetchCompletionHandler) and call BeAroundSDK.shared.performBackgroundBLERefreshAndSync(...) — the modern variant is not delivered on Flutter (flutter#155479). Guard on userInfo["bearound"] != nil so other providers' pushes pass through untouched.
requestAuthorization(...) + set UNUserNotificationCenter.current().delegate = self — only if no other plugin (e.g. firebase_messaging) already owns the notification-center delegate; silent pushes don't need user-visible notification permission.

iOS rules that are NOT bugs:

Silent push never wakes a force-quit app (Apple rule) — a closed app is relaunched by beacon/region wakeup, and only then processes the backend's silent pushes.

Environment must match: development entitlement ⇄ APNs sandbox; production ⇄ APNs production. Wrong environment → APNs returns sent but the device never gets it (BadDeviceToken).

Requires Background App Refresh ON on the device.

Minimum iOS version: 13.0.

Scan modes (Android)

On iOS scanning is always system-managed (region monitoring + BGTaskScheduler). These modes are Android-only.

The SDK ships two background-scan strategies, and you pick per app — right at startScanning(), with no native changes. Both already exist in the native SDK; you're just choosing which one to turn on.

At a glance — what you gain

	🪶 Opportunistic (default)	🛡️ Foreground service
Best for	casual presence, battery-first apps	real-time footfall, mission-critical presence
You gain	zero setup · no Play video · lowest battery	reliable detection that survives app-kill & aggressive OEMs
You accept	unpredictable latency · misses in deep background	persistent notification + Play demo video

Quick pick

Can't (or won't) submit a Play demo video, and occasional detection is fine → 🪶 Opportunistic
Need real-time presence that survives the app being killed on Xiaomi/Huawei/Samsung → 🛡️ Foreground service
In between → Foreground service if you can submit the video; otherwise Opportunistic

Mode 1 — Opportunistic (no foreground service) · default

What you gain: no FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE permission, no Play demonstration video, and the lowest battery footprint.

await BearoundFlutterSdk.startScanning();

The OS delivers beacons through a PendingIntent scan (BluetoothScanReceiver), re-armed by AlarmManager (ScanWatchdogReceiver) — it keeps working with the app killed, but the system decides when (opportunistic, throttled).

To fully drop the Play video, also remove the FGS permission the native SDK injects via manifest merge:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE"
    tools:node="remove" />

Mode 2 — Foreground service (`connectedDevice`)

What you gain: continuous, low-latency detection that survives app-kill and aggressive OEMs (Xiaomi/Huawei/Samsung) — the reliable path for footfall/presence analytics.

// By default the notification shows the host app's own name (localized by the
// device) + a generic, localized subtitle ("Atualizando conteúdo" / "Updating
// content") — nothing about Bluetooth or reading data. Just enable it:
await BearoundFlutterSdk.startScanning(
  foregroundScanConfig: const ForegroundScanConfig(),
);

// Want a custom title/subtitle instead? Pass them explicitly:
// await BearoundFlutterSdk.startScanning(
//   foregroundScanConfig: const ForegroundScanConfig(
//     notificationTitle: 'My App', notificationText: 'Bluetooth active',
//   ),
// );

await BearoundFlutterSdk.disableForegroundScanning(); // stop the service

⚠️ Google Play: the connectedDevice foreground service requires a Play Console declaration + demonstration video. In the video/declaration, frame the feature as reading data from external Bluetooth devices — never as location or proximity (stays consistent with neverForLocation). The persistent notification itself just shows the app name, which is enough to satisfy the perceptibility requirement.

Trade-off

	🪶 Opportunistic	🛡️ Foreground service
App in foreground	continuous	continuous
App in background	opportunistic, throttled	continuous
App killed / swiped away	relaunched by OS (PendingIntent)	process kept alive
Aggressive OEM (Xiaomi/Huawei)	❌ killed	✅ survives
Detection latency	unpredictable (s → min)	low (per `ScanPrecision`)
Presence accuracy	low / medium	high
Battery	lower	higher
Persistent notification	none	yes (mandatory)
Extra permission	none	`FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE`
Google Play video	❌ not required	✅ required

Scan windows (detection cadence)

ScanPrecision governs the duty cycle while the scan is active (foreground or FGS):

Strategy	Typical detection window	Predictable?	Battery
FGS + `ScanPrecision.high`	~1–5 s, continuous	yes	high
FGS + `ScanPrecision.medium`	~10–20 s (10 s scan + 10 s pause ×3 / 60 s)	yes	medium
FGS + `ScanPrecision.low`	~60 s (10 s scan + 50 s pause / 60 s)	yes	low
Opportunistic (no FGS)	seconds → several minutes (OS-decided)	no	low
WorkManager (client-side, external)	≥ 15 min (WorkManager minimum)	yes	very low

Windows are approximate, derived from the ScanPrecision duty cycle. In opportunistic mode ScanPrecision only governs cadence while the app is in the foreground; in the background the OS throttles the PendingIntent scan.

Advanced: WorkManager (client-side)

The SDK does not bundle WorkManager. For a predictable low-frequency sweep without a foreground service, schedule your own PeriodicWorkRequest (minimum interval 15 min) that calls startScanning() for a short window and then stopScanning(). This trades latency for battery and avoids the Play video — presence lags by up to the chosen period.

Background reliability (Android)

Doze and OEM battery managers (Xiaomi/Huawei/Oppo/Vivo/OnePlus…) are the #1 cause of "it stopped detecting in background" on Android — they kill or freeze the process regardless of scan mode. Since 3.4.5 the plugin exposes the native helpers that mitigate both:

Method	What it does
`isIgnoringBatteryOptimizations()`	`true` if the app is already exempt from battery optimization (Doze).
`openBatteryOptimizationSettings()`	Opens the battery-optimization Settings screen so the user can exempt the app. Uses the Settings screen — not the restricted `REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS` permission — so it has no Google Play review impact. Returns `true` if the screen opened.
`isAutostartManageable()`	`true` if the device is from an OEM with a known autostart/protected-apps screen (Xiaomi/Huawei/Oppo/Vivo/OnePlus/Letv). `false` on stock Android (Pixel).
`openManufacturerAutostartSettings()`	Opens the manufacturer's autostart/protected-apps screen when one exists. Returns `true` if the screen opened.

Recommended flow — check → explain → open Settings. Never deep-link the user to a Settings screen without telling them why first:

Future<void> ensureBackgroundReliability() async {
  // 1. Doze exemption.
  if (!await BearoundFlutterSdk.isIgnoringBatteryOptimizations()) {
    // Show your own rationale dialog first ("we need this to keep detecting
    // nearby devices in background"), then:
    await BearoundFlutterSdk.openBatteryOptimizationSettings();
  }

  // 2. OEM autostart / protected apps (Xiaomi, Huawei, ...).
  if (await BearoundFlutterSdk.isAutostartManageable()) {
    // Rationale dialog, then:
    await BearoundFlutterSdk.openManufacturerAutostartSettings();
  }
}

iOS: all four methods are safe to call unconditionally — there is no equivalent restriction, so isIgnoringBatteryOptimizations() resolves true and the other three are no-ops resolving false.

Quick Start

import 'package:bearound_flutter_sdk/bearound_flutter_sdk.dart';

Future<void> setupSdk() async {
  final permissionsOk = await BearoundFlutterSdk.requestPermissions();
  if (!permissionsOk) {
    return;
  }

  await BearoundFlutterSdk.configure(
    businessToken: 'your-business-token-here',
    scanPrecision: ScanPrecision.high,           // high | medium | low (default: high)
    maxQueuedPayloads: MaxQueuedPayloads.medium, // small | medium | large | xlarge
  );
  // Note: appId is automatically extracted from the app's package/bundle identifier
  // Bluetooth metadata and periodic scanning are automatic

  // Listen to beacons
  BearoundFlutterSdk.beaconsStream.listen((beacons) {
    for (final beacon in beacons) {
      print('${beacon.major}.${beacon.minor} - RSSI ${beacon.rssi}');
    }
  });

  // Listen to sync lifecycle
  BearoundFlutterSdk.syncLifecycleStream.listen((event) {
    if (event.isStarted) {
      print('Sync started with ${event.beaconCount} beacons');
    } else if (event.isCompleted) {
      // `success` is a bool? (null on 'started' events) — compare explicitly.
      print('Sync completed: ${event.success == true ? "success" : "failed"}');
    }
  });

  // Listen to background detections
  BearoundFlutterSdk.backgroundDetectionStream.listen((event) {
    print('Background: ${event.beaconCount} beacons detected');
  });

  // Other streams
  BearoundFlutterSdk.scanningStream.listen((isScanning) {
    print('Scanning: $isScanning');
  });

  BearoundFlutterSdk.errorStream.listen((error) {
    print('SDK error: ${error.message}');
  });

  await BearoundFlutterSdk.startScanning();
}

User Properties

await BearoundFlutterSdk.setUserProperties(
  const UserProperties(
    internalId: 'user-123',
    email: 'user@example.com',
    name: 'John Doe',
    customProperties: {'plan': 'premium'},
  ),
);

Push Token

Forward the device push token to the native SDK so the backend can target the device (silent-push wake-up). The native SDK associates it with the stable deviceId and registers it with the backend — immediately if scanning is already active, otherwise on the next sync.

Call setPushToken explicitly on both platforms:

Android (plugin ≥ 3.4.1): pass the FCM token. The bridge forwards it to the native SDK (BeAroundSDK.setPushToken, available since native Android 3.4.0).
iOS: pass the raw APNs token — the backend delivers pushes through APNs, so the FCM token does not work here. The SDK does try to capture the APNs token automatically via an AppDelegate swizzle, but that capture fails when Firebase is present (Firebase intercepts the swizzle — the most common setup), and the token silently ends up NULL in the backend. Forwarding the raw token explicitly works in every setup, and the call is idempotent.

import 'dart:io' show Platform;

if (Platform.isAndroid) {
  // Android: FCM token (e.g. via firebase_messaging).
  final token = await FirebaseMessaging.instance.getToken();
  if (token != null) await BearoundFlutterSdk.setPushToken(token);
} else if (Platform.isIOS) {
  // iOS: RAW APNs token — NOT the FCM token.
  final apnsToken = await FirebaseMessaging.instance.getAPNSToken();
  if (apnsToken != null) await BearoundFlutterSdk.setPushToken(apnsToken);
}

If you opted out of the SDK's AppDelegate swizzle (BearoundAppDelegateProxyEnabled = NO in Info.plist), calling setPushToken on iOS is not just recommended — it's the only way the token reaches the backend.

Silent-push wake-up (Android)

On Android the backend wakes a killed app the same way as iOS — via a data push — but Firebase delivers it to your firebase_messaging background handler, not to the SDK. Forward it with handleRemoteMessage so the SDK can run an on-demand scan + sync:

import 'package:firebase_messaging/firebase_messaging.dart';
import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';

@pragma('vm:entry-point')
Future<void> _firebaseBackgroundHandler(RemoteMessage message) async {
  // The background handler runs in a SEPARATE isolate — the plugin's method
  // channel isn't registered there, so this call is REQUIRED before invoking any
  // Bearound (or plugin) method, otherwise the channel silently no-ops.
  DartPluginRegistrant.ensureInitialized();

  // Returns true and triggers the scan + sync when it's a Bearound push; returns
  // false for everything else, so pass those through to your own handling.
  await BearoundFlutterSdk.handleRemoteMessage(Map<String, String>.from(message.data));
}

void main() {
  FirebaseMessaging.onBackgroundMessage(_firebaseBackgroundHandler);
  // ... runApp(...)
}

handleRemoteMessage inspects the payload for the Bearound marker and, when present, restarts the scan and syncs immediately; it's a no-op returning false for non-Bearound pushes.

iOS needs no wiring here — the AppDelegate's didReceiveRemoteNotification override (see Push notifications & background wakeup) already forwards the silent push to the same background BLE refresh + sync path. The Dart handleRemoteMessage is also bridged on iOS (same bearound guard) for hosts that route pushes through Dart instead.

API Summary

Full cross-platform event/field parity matrix: EVENT-PARITY.md.

Methods

Method	Platform	Notes
`configure({businessToken, scanPrecision, maxQueuedPayloads})`	Android + iOS	Required before `startScanning()`. Defaults: `ScanPrecision.high`, `MaxQueuedPayloads.medium`.
`startScanning({foregroundScanConfig})`	Android + iOS	`foregroundScanConfig` is Android-only (ignored on iOS).
`stopScanning()`	Android + iOS
`isScanning()`	Android + iOS
`requestPermissions()`	Android + iOS	iOS: native `requestAlwaysAuthorization()`; Android: runtime permissions via `permission_handler` (incl. notifications on 13+).
`checkPermissions()`	Android + iOS
`requestLocationAuthorization({level})`	iOS	Unlocks the Location eye (terminated-app wake-up requires `always`). No-op on Android.
`isIgnoringBatteryOptimizations()`	Android	iOS always resolves `true` (no equivalent restriction).
`openBatteryOptimizationSettings()`	Android	iOS: no-op, resolves `false`.
`isAutostartManageable()`	Android	`false` on stock Android and iOS.
`openManufacturerAutostartSettings()`	Android	iOS/stock: no-op, resolves `false`.
`setUserProperties(UserProperties)`	Android + iOS
`clearUserProperties()`	Android + iOS
`setPushToken(String)`	Android + iOS	FCM token on Android, raw APNs token on iOS — see Push Token.
`handleRemoteMessage(Map<String, String>)`	Android + iOS	Forward a received push (FCM data message / remote notification) to trigger the silent-push scan + sync. Returns `true` for Bearound pushes, `false` otherwise. See Silent-push wake-up.
`getSdkVersion()`	Android + iOS	Android returns `BuildConfig.SDK_VERSION` (injected at build time); `''` only if the native layer is unavailable.
`getCurrentScanPrecision()`	Android + iOS	`''` before `configure()`.
`getBleDiagnosticInfo()`	iOS	Android returns `''`.
`getPendingBatchCount()`	Android + iOS	Batches queued for retry after API failures.
`isConfigured()`	Android + iOS	iOS: tracked by the bridge — may read `false` after an auto-restored background relaunch even while `isScanning()` is `true`.
`isLocationAvailable()`	Android + iOS	Device location services on/off.
`getAuthorizationStatus()`	Android + iOS	iOS: mirrors `CLAuthorizationStatus`. Android: derived from location permissions only — it does not reflect the BLE-scan gate on 12+; prefer `getBluetoothState()`.
`getBluetoothState()`	Android + iOS	`poweredOn/poweredOff/unauthorized/...` — on Android 12+, `unauthorized` means `BLUETOOTH_SCAN` (Nearby devices) is missing.
`getPersistedLog()` / `getPersistedLogRaw()`	iOS	Persisted detection log. Android returns `[]` (native SDK has no persisted log).
`clearPersistedLog()`	iOS	No-op on Android.
`enableForegroundScanning([ForegroundScanConfig])`	Android	iOS: no-op.
`disableForegroundScanning()`	Android	iOS: no-op.
`isForegroundScanningEnabled()`	Android	iOS always resolves `false`.
`setForegroundNotificationContent(NotificationContent)`	Android	iOS: no-op.
`setErrorReportingEnabled(bool)`	Android + iOS	Opt out of the Dart-layer error telemetry (default: on). Native crash capture is independent.
`setDebugNotificationsEnabled(bool)`	iOS	QA aid: visible local notification per silent-push scan (default: off — keep off in production). Silent no-op on Android. Also settable via `configure(debugNotifications:)`.

Streams

Stream	Platform	Emits
`beaconsStream`	Android + iOS	`List<Beacon>` — detected beacons with metadata (battery, firmware, temperature).
`scanningStream`	Android + iOS	`bool` — scanning state changes.
`errorStream`	Android + iOS	`BearoundError` — SDK errors. Replays up to 16 errors emitted before the first listener (buffer arms on first `errorStream` access); subscribing before `startScanning()` is still recommended.
`syncLifecycleStream`	Android + iOS	`SyncLifecycleEvent` — sync `started`/`completed`.
`backgroundDetectionStream`	Android + iOS	`BackgroundDetectionEvent` — beacon count detected in background.
`beaconRegionStream`	Android + iOS	`BeaconRegionEvent` — beacon-region `enter`/`exit`.
`activeScanStream`	Android + iOS	`ActiveScanEvent` — active scan (ranging + BLE) on/off.
`bluetoothZoneStream`	iOS	`BluetoothZoneEvent` — Bluetooth-eye zone enter/exit (two-eyes model). Never emits on Android.
`bluetoothScanModeStream`	iOS	`BluetoothScanModeEvent` — BLE scanner duty cycle (`idle`/`active`). Never emits on Android.
`bluetoothStateStream`	Android + iOS	`BluetoothState` — Bluetooth adapter state (emits current state on subscribe).

Configuration Enums

ScanPrecision: high (continuous scan, sync every 15s — plugin default), medium (10s scan + 10s pause per 60s), low (10s scan + 50s pause per 60s)
MaxQueuedPayloads: small (50), medium (100 — default), large (200), xlarge (500)

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Check	Fix
No beacons detected (any platform)	Is it a Bearound beacon? The SDK only detects beacons advertising the proprietary `0xBEAD` service data — a generic iBeacon, or an iPhone simulating an iBeacon, is filtered out by design (Android scan filter accepts only `0xBEAD`).	Test with a real Bearound beacon.
No beacons detected	`await BearoundFlutterSdk.isConfigured()` returns `false`.	Call `configure()` (and await it) before `startScanning()`.
No beacons on Android 12+	`getBluetoothState()` returns `unauthorized` — "Nearby devices" (`BLUETOOTH_SCAN`) was denied. Granting location does NOT unlock BLE scan on 12+.	Request the Nearby devices permission (`requestPermissions()` does it) or send the user to app settings.
No beacons on iOS	`getBluetoothState()` ≠ `poweredOn`, or `getAuthorizationStatus()` is `denied`/`notDetermined`.	Turn Bluetooth on; call `requestPermissions()` (Location "Always" is required for terminated-app wake-up).
Detection stops in background (Android)	Battery optimization active or OEM battery killer (Xiaomi/Huawei/…): `isIgnoringBatteryOptimizations()` / `isAutostartManageable()`.	Follow the Background reliability flow; for mission-critical presence use the foreground-service mode.
Detection stops in background (iOS)	Background App Refresh disabled, or `BGTaskSchedulerPermittedIdentifiers` missing from `Info.plist`.	Enable Background App Refresh in device Settings; add both BGTask identifiers + `registerBackgroundTasks()` (iOS setup).
Errors never show up	`errorStream` accessed only after the error was emitted — the replay buffer (16 entries) only arms on the first access to the getter.	Access/subscribe to `errorStream` before calling `startScanning()`; errors emitted after the buffer armed are replayed to the first listener.
Push token NULL in the backend / silent push never arrives (iOS)	Firebase present → the SDK's automatic APNs capture fails (swizzle intercepted).	Always call `setPushToken` with the raw APNs token (Push Token).
App not woken when terminated (iOS)	Force-quit apps are never woken by silent push (Apple rule); relaunch happens via beacon-region wakeup and requires Location "Always" + the legacy AppDelegate setup.	Follow Push notifications & background wakeup; verify the `aps-environment` matches the APNs environment (sandbox vs production).

Error telemetry

The SDK ships lightweight, isolated crash telemetry so we can spot and fix integration issues quickly. It works on two layers:

Native (Android/iOS): the embedded native SDKs already capture native crashes via their own ErrorReporters. Nothing to configure.
Dart (this plugin): installed automatically on configure(), it chains FlutterError.onError and PlatformDispatcher.onError and reports only uncaught errors whose first application frame is in package:bearound_flutter_sdk — i.e. errors that originate in the plugin. Errors from your app or third-party packages are never touched, including errors thrown inside your own callbacks that merely pass through the SDK.

It is designed to be invisible and safe:

Never breaks your app. The global handlers are always chained — the previous FlutterError.onError is kept and still invoked, and PlatformDispatcher.onError returns false so the platform still sees the error. Nothing is swallowed or hijacked.
Fire-and-forget delivery to POST https://ingest.bearound.io/sdk-errors with short (5 s) timeouts, an in-memory rate limit (20/h) and 5-minute dedupe. Uses dart:io HttpClient — no extra dependency.
Minimal payload: error type/message/stack (capped at 8000 chars), a permission snapshot (Bluetooth/location/notifications, read without prompting), the platform, and a UTC timestamp. No PII.

Opt out at any time (default is on):

BearoundFlutterSdk.setErrorReportingEnabled(false);

Migration Guide

From 2.4.x to 3.3.x

foregroundScanInterval / backgroundScanInterval were replaced by a single scanPrecision (ScanPrecision.high/medium/low).
Native SDKs bumped to 3.3.1 (Android + iOS).
Android now uses the connectedDevice foreground-service model with BLUETOOTH_SCAN (neverForLocation) — no background-location permission.

Before:

await BearoundFlutterSdk.configure(
  businessToken: 'token',
  foregroundScanInterval: ForegroundScanInterval.seconds30, // ❌ removed
  backgroundScanInterval: BackgroundScanInterval.seconds90, // ❌ removed
);

After:

await BearoundFlutterSdk.configure(
  businessToken: 'token',
  scanPrecision: ScanPrecision.high,
  maxQueuedPayloads: MaxQueuedPayloads.medium,
);

From 2.1.0 to 2.2.0

Simplified API: Bluetooth metadata and periodic scanning are now automatic.

await BearoundFlutterSdk.configure(
  businessToken: 'token',
  // ✅ Bluetooth metadata: always enabled
  // ✅ Periodic scanning: automatic (FG: enabled, BG: continuous)
);

// Listen to sync lifecycle events
BearoundFlutterSdk.syncLifecycleStream.listen((event) {
  if (event.isStarted) print('Sync started');
  if (event.isCompleted) print('Sync completed: ${event.success}');
});

// Listen to background detections
BearoundFlutterSdk.backgroundDetectionStream.listen((event) {
  print('${event.beaconCount} beacons detected in background');
});

From 1.x to 2.x

startScan(clientToken) was replaced by configure() + startScanning().
Backup size, region events, and legacy sync success/error events were removed.
Use syncLifecycleStream for sync events and errorStream for failures.

🐻 Bearound Flutter SDK

Features

Installation

Set up with an AI agent

Platform Setup

Android

What the manifest merge means for your Play Store listing

iOS

Disable UIScene (Flutter 3.41+) — required

Background tasks (BGTaskScheduler) — required

Push notifications & background wakeup

Scan modes (Android)

At a glance — what you gain

Quick pick

Mode 1 — Opportunistic (no foreground service) · default

Mode 2 — Foreground service (`connectedDevice`)

Trade-off

Scan windows (detection cadence)

Advanced: WorkManager (client-side)

Background reliability (Android)

Quick Start

User Properties

Push Token

Silent-push wake-up (Android)

API Summary

Methods

Streams

Configuration Enums

Troubleshooting

Error telemetry

Migration Guide

From 2.4.x to 3.3.x

From 2.1.0 to 2.2.0

From 1.x to 2.x

Libraries

bearound_flutter_sdk package

🐻 Bearound Flutter SDK

Features

Installation

Set up with an AI agent

Platform Setup

Android

What the manifest merge means for your Play Store listing

iOS

Disable UIScene (Flutter 3.41+) — required

Background tasks (BGTaskScheduler) — required

Push notifications & background wakeup

Scan modes (Android)

At a glance — what you gain

Quick pick

Mode 1 — Opportunistic (no foreground service) · default

Mode 2 — Foreground service (connectedDevice)

Trade-off

Scan windows (detection cadence)

Advanced: WorkManager (client-side)

Background reliability (Android)

Quick Start

User Properties

Push Token

Silent-push wake-up (Android)

API Summary

Methods

Streams

Configuration Enums

Troubleshooting

Error telemetry

Migration Guide

From 2.4.x to 3.3.x

From 2.1.0 to 2.2.0

From 1.x to 2.x

Libraries

bearound_flutter_sdk package

Mode 2 — Foreground service (`connectedDevice`)