Cannot build with the Cordova iBeacon plugin

[Martijn]

I´m trying to use the latest version (3.1.2) of the Cordova iBeacon plugin (https://github.com/petermetz/cordova-plugin-ibeacon) with Telerik Appbuilder, but somehow the application won't build (for iOS) when I've included the plugin. I've tried both the Windows application and the Web application. The error it gives back after failing to build tells me to check the log, but there's no entry in the log.

After some testing, the problem seems to be in the src/ios/CDVLocationManager.m file. Any idea what could cause these problems?

[Kaloyan]

Hello Martijn,

Thank you for contacting our support services.

I checked the above mentioned plugin and it seems that, its latest version uses the iOS 8 SDK, even when targeting iOS 7 and below devices. This is a problem for our Platform, as we are still migrating to the iOS 8 SDK and XCode 6. To use the plugin, you will need to download its 2.0 version from git hub, or fire an issue to its creators about the above matter. The faulty code (at least on first sight) in the CDVLocationManager.m file, is this:

if (!IsAtLeastiOSVersion(@"8.0")) {
   CDVPluginResult * pluginResult = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK];
   [self.commandDelegate sendPluginResult:pluginResult callbackId:command.callbackId];
} else {
   [self _handleCallSafely:^CDVPluginResult *(CDVInvokedUrlCommand* command) {
      [self.locationManager requestAlwaysAuthorization];
      return [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK];
   } :command];
}

For example, you can check how a similar functionality is written here. This is the proper way to do it.

I hope this helps. Please, let us know if we can be of a further assistance.

Regards,
Kaloyan
Telerik