herald-for-ios

Herald for iOS - Reliable mobile Bluetooth communications - iOS library & test app

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Herald for iOS - Reliable mobile Bluetooth communications - iOS library & test app

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netshroud·Dec 21, 2020

There is a bit of evidence that it _doesn't_ work on iOS, at least not as well as advertised. https://github.com/vmware/herald-for-ios/issues/15 https://github.com/AU-COVIDSafe/mobile-ios/issues/29#issueco... https://github.com/AU-COVIDSafe/mobile-ios/issues/29#issueco...

In Herald – Bluetooth contact tracing protocol

snops·Dec 21, 2020

Very interesting how they made this work on iOS, given so many failed (before the Apple/Google protocol was released). A lot of the design documentation references the UK market, I wonder if VMWare were asked/volunteered to help with the NHSX app that tried to ignore the Apple/Google "blessed" approach. > Provides a number of approaches to workaround the ‘iOS detection in the background’ bug in iOS to a point where detection and continuity is superior to existing protocols The technical details on the protocol (seperate from the "payload" which is contact tracing specific data) are here[1], and the iOS library here[2]. I would be interested if anyone else has verified these claims. [1] https://vmware.github.io/herald/specs/protocol [2] https://github.com/vmware/herald-for-ios

In Herald – Bluetooth contact tracing protocol