ng-cordova-bluetoothle

This wraps the Bluetooth Low Energy Phonegap Plugin by Rand Dusing in AngularJS code so it can be used more easily in AngularJS mobile applications.

Using ngCordovaBluetoothLE In Your Project

The core Apache Cordova plugin is required to use this wrapper:

cordova plugin add https://github.com/randdusing/BluetoothLE

Example Usage

Scanning all BLE devices in range

var params = {
  request: true,
  time : 10000 //in milliseconds, time to scan defaults to 5000ms if not provided
};
$cordovaBluetoothle.startScan(params).then(function(success) {
	console.log(device.name);
	console.log(device.address);
});

The Scan method will stop as soon as it finds its first device. This is probably not what you want; and is a limitation of wrapping a continuous operation (like scan) into a one-time promise resolution. This is definitely open for improvement. I use 'find' instead to find a specific device.

Scanning for Specific Device using .find()

var params = {
  request: true, //ask user to enable bluetooth
  name: 'Jewelbot' //device name to look for
};


$ionicPlatform.ready()
        .then(function () {
          return $cordovaBluetoothle.initialize(params)
            .then(function () {
              //successfully initialized
              return $cordovaBluetoothle.find(params);
            }, function (err) {
              //error trying to initialiez
            });
        })
        .then(function (data) {
          // Scanning for specific device
          if (data.status === 'scanResult') {
            $scope.model.status = 'Found device: ' + data.name;
            $scope.model.devices.push(data);
            return $cordovaBluetoothle.stopScan();
          }
        }, function (error) {
          $scope.model.status = 'Error while scanning.' + JSON.stringify(error);
          return $cordovaBluetoothle.stopScan();
        }, function (notify) {
          // found other devices; but not the device you're looking
        })
        .then(function () {
          $scope.model.status = 'ending scan...';
          return $cordovaBluetoothle.isScanning().then(function(isScanning) {
            $scope.model.status = isScanning ? 'Scan Not Ended' : 'Scan Ended';
            if (isScanning) {
              return $cordovaBluetoothle.stopScan();
            }
          });
        });

Pairing (assumes address found during scan)

.controller("ExampleController", ['$cordovaBluetoothle', '$ionicPlatform', '$scope', function($cordovaBluetoothle,$ionicPlatform, $scope ) {
    
    $ionicPlatform.ready()
          .then(function () {
            return $cordovaBluetoothle.connect({address: $scope.model.address})
              .then( function (success) {
                //successfully paired
              })
              .error(function (err) {
                //error while pairing, return promise that invokes disconnect.
                return $cordovaBluetoothle.disconnect(address);
              })
              .notify(function (notify) {
                //still trying to connect. 
              });
          });

Available Functions

Here are a list of available functions:

$cordovaBluetoothle.initalize() //ios
$cordovaBluetoothle.enable() //android
$cordovaBluetoothle.disable() //android
$cordovaBluetoothle.startScan()
$cordovaBluetoothle.stopScan()
$cordovaBluetoothle.retrieveConnected()
$cordovaBluetoothle.connect()
$cordovaBluetoothle.disconnect()
$cordovaBluetoothle.reconnect()
$cordovaBluetoothle.close() // android
$cordovaBluetoothle.discover() //android
$cordovaBluetoothle.characteristics() 
$cordovaBluetoothle.descriptors() 
$cordovaBluetoothle.read() 
$cordovaBluetoothle.subscribe() 
$cordovaBluetoothle.unsubscribe() 
$cordovaBluetoothle.write()

$cordovaBluetoothle.readDescriptor()
$cordovaBluetoothle.writeDescriptor()
$cordovaBluetoothle.rssi()
$cordovaBluetoothle.isInitialized()
$cordovaBluetoothle.isEnabled()
$cordovaBluetoothle.isScanning()
$cordovaBluetoothle.isConnected()
$cordovaBluetoothle.isDiscovered()
$cordovaBluetoothle.find()

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Resources

AngularJS - http://www.angularjs.org

Apache Cordova - http://cordova.apache.org

License and Source

The code that powers the 'build generation' is a carbon copy (with minimal changes) of Nic Raboy's ngCordovaBeacon project. As of the Fork, it was licensed under the MIT license; The Cordova Wrapper was written by myself, and my employer and I retain the copyright for that; but this project is also licensed under the MIT License.

If you want to follow more of Nic's work, his blog is located here. If you want to know more about me or Jewelbots, you can follow Jewelbots on twitter, our Ink, or me.

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