Custom Distance calculator is being overwritten about android-beacon-library HOT 6 CLOSED

I will investigate

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This mechanism for setting the distance calculator will soon be deprecated and replaced int the 3.0 version of the library.

In the mean time, I think this can be solved by wrapping the code that sets it in an if block like this:

if (Beacon.getDistanceCalculator == null) {
        DistanceCalculator defaultDistanceCalculator =  new ModelSpecificDistanceCalculator(this, BeaconManager.getDistanceModelUpdateUrl());
        Beacon.setDistanceCalculator(defaultDistanceCalculator);
}

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Hi David,

Yes, this would work!

Thank you for looking into it.

PS: I'm curious about how v3 will work (not just with the calculator!)

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Fixed in #1191

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@gerardmundo-birket an example of the new settings api for the distance calculator is visible in the working branch here:

https://github.com/AltBeacon/android-beacon-library/blob/settings-api/lib/src/test/java/org/altbeacon/beacon/SettingsTest.kt#L127

As you can see, instead of setting a class name, the settings pass a custom DistanceClaculatorFactory instance that is responsible for constructing the new custom DistanceCalculator.

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Hi David!

Ah, elegant solution!
I appreciate the fix.

Once again, thank you very much, and looking forward to v3!

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