iBeacon name not displayed in ESP32 BLE scanner - bluetooth-lowenergy

I am working on a project that involves a BLE scanner using ESP32. I use the installed BLE scanner sample code in Arduino IDE to program the ESP32 but the device is unable to scan for the names of iBeacon just like any normal android BLE scanner application. I also tried to modify the code to specifically extract the names of iBeacons only but I still end up with the same result. Any suggestions are welcomed. Here is my modified code:
#include <BLEDevice.h>
#include <BLEUtils.h>
#include <BLEScan.h>
#include <BLEAdvertisedDevice.h>
int scanTime = 5; //In seconds
BLEScan* pBLEScan;
class MyAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks: public BLEAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks {
void onResult(BLEAdvertisedDevice advertisedDevice) {
//Serial.printf("Advertised Device: %s \n", advertisedDevice.toString().c_str());
Serial.print("Name :");
Serial.println(advertisedDevice.getName().c_str());
}
};
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println("Scanning...");
BLEDevice::init("");
pBLEScan = BLEDevice::getScan(); //create new scan
pBLEScan->setAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks(new MyAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks());
pBLEScan->setActiveScan(true); //active scan uses more power, but get results faster
pBLEScan->setInterval(100);
pBLEScan->setWindow(99); // less or equal setInterval value
}
void loop() {
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
BLEScanResults foundDevices = pBLEScan->start(scanTime, false);
Serial.print("Devices found: ");
Serial.println(foundDevices.getCount());
Serial.println("Scan done!");
pBLEScan->clearResults(); // delete results fromBLEScan buffer to release memory
delay(2000);
}

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I have the following code:
#include <Arduino.h>
#include <BLEDevice.h>
#include <BLEAdvertisedDevice.h>
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Setup!
Listing BLE Sensors
00:09:b0:09:e7:ca
41:59:8f:07:ec:96
ac:5d:5c:e1:72:89 LM0845
c4:7c:8d:6a:36:cf Flower care
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c4:7c:8d:6a:46:2c Flower care
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Listing BLE Sensors
00:09:b0:09:e7:ca
41:59:8f:07:ec:96
ac:5d:5c:e1:72:89
dc4:7c:8d:6a:36:cf
dc4:7c:8d:6a:45:6b
dc4:7c:8d:6a:46:2c
de:d5:2a:8e:1e:fd Tile
Sleeping
Listing BLE Sensors
00:09:b0:09:e7:ca
41:59:8f:07:ec:96
ac:5d:5c:e1:72:89
c4:7c:8d:6a:36:cf
dc4:7c:8d:6a:45:6b
dc4:7c:8d:6a:46:2c
de:d5:2a:8e:1e:fd Tile
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I have tried to put a pBLEScan->clearResults(); before I start a scan but that did not help.
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The problem is that you do all of the "work" in the loop.
Are you aware of the fact that an ESP32 microcontroller runs at 240 MHz
I guess your loop time is about 400 Nano seconds.
So how would your device know if and how much devices are found.
You are trying to do something with the scan results just after scan start.
To get around this problem there is a BLEAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks in the Arduino for ESP32 code.
This callback will return a result for every device it finds.
Here is an example from GITHUB (ESP32_BLE_Arduino by Neil Kolban)https://github.com/nkolban/ESP32_BLE_Arduino/blob/master/examples/BLE_scan/BLE_scan.ino
/*
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*/
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Hope i help.
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