BLE background

This project demonstrates cordova-plugin-ble-central scanning, connecting, and receiving notifications in while running in the background.

The app looks for a peripheral running the counter service and automatically connects. Once connected, the app subscribes for count notifications. If the app is in the background, the user is notified via local notifications.

Installing

iOS

$ git clone https://github.com/don/ble-background.git
$ cd ble-background
$ cordova platform add ios
$ cordova run ios --device

Android

$ git clone https://github.com/don/ble-background.git
$ cd ble-background
$ cordova platform add android
$ cordova run android --device

Peripheral

The application needs a peripheral running the counter service. The counter service increments a number and sends a notification every 5 seconds. This projects includes and Arduino version of the counter service that runs on the Arduino 101 or any board supported by blePeripheral. An experimental Node.js verion of the service is also available.

See arduino/Counter/Counter.ino for the Arudino sketch and counter/ for the Node.js code.