tvOS should enable iBeacon (ranging) functionality

Originator:martijnvandenberghe
Number:rdar://23640952 Date Originated:21-Nov-2015
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:tvOS Product Version:
Classification:Feature Reproducible:
 
Summary:
I have several ideas where an Apple TV could be used as a kind of smart, contextual display, depending on the people, users, devices that are near. To make that work, iBeacons would be a great, easy to implement, easy to use match.
It could also work in an opposite direction where the Apple TV could emit a beacon signal and iPhones, iPads get to do stuff with it, but I'm not really seeing a really valuable case for that, for now.

I've kind of hacked my way around this obstacle as a proof of concept, but there's no way this thing can get to a production level if every user has to start hacking their Apple TV. 

Please consider enabling this functionality in (one of) the next release(s) of the SDK.

Thanks
Martijn

Steps to Reproduce:
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Expected Results:
Beacon Region Monitoring and CLBeacon class should not be prohibited in tvOS.

Actual Results:
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Version:
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Configuration:
New Apple TV Developer Kit

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