creativekodes / cordova-plugin-ble-peripheral

Apache Cordova plugin for implementing BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) peripherals.

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Peripheral Plugin for Apache Cordova

A Cordova plugin for implementing BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) peripherals.

Need a BLE central module? See cordova-plugin-ble-central.

Supported Platforms

• iOS
• Android

Usage

Callbacks

Register callbacks to receive notifications from the plugin

blePeripheral.onWriteRequest(app.didReceiveWriteRequest);
blePeripheral.onBluetoothStateChange(app.onBluetoothStateChange);

Defining services with JSON

Define your Bluetooth Service using JSON

var uartService = {
    uuid: SERVICE_UUID,
    characteristics: [
        {
            uuid: TX_UUID,
            properties: property.WRITE,
            permissions: permission.WRITEABLE,
            descriptors: [
                {
                    uuid: '2901',
                    value: 'Transmit'
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            uuid: RX_UUID,
            properties: property.READ | property.NOTIFY,
            permissions: permission.READABLE,
            descriptors: [
                {
                    uuid: '2901',
                    value: 'Receive'
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
};

Create the service and start advertising

Promise.all([
    blePeripheral.createServiceFromJSON(uartService),
    blePeripheral.startAdvertising(uartService.uuid, 'UART')
]).then(
    function() { console.log ('Created UART Service'); },
    app.onError
);

Defining services programatically

Instead of using JSON, you can create services programtically. Note that for 1.0 descriptors are only supported with the JSON format.

Promise.all([
    blePeripheral.createService(SERVICE_UUID),
    blePeripheral.addCharacteristic(SERVICE_UUID, TX_UUID, property.WRITE, permission.WRITEABLE),
    blePeripheral.addCharacteristic(SERVICE_UUID, RX_UUID, property.READ | property.NOTIFY, permission.READABLE),
    blePeripheral.publishService(SERVICE_UUID),
    blePeripheral.startAdvertising(SERVICE_UUID, 'UART')
]).then(
    function() { console.log ('Created UART Service'); },
    app.onError
);

Examples

See the examples for more ideas on how this plugin can be used.

Installing

Cordova

$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-ble-peripheral

PhoneGap

$ phonegap plugin add cordova-plugin-ble-peripheral

PhoneGap Build

Edit config.xml to install the plugin for PhoneGap Build.

<gap:plugin name="cordova-plugin-ble-peripheral" source="npm" />

License

Apache 2.0

Feedback

Try the code. If you find an problem or missing feature please create a github issue. When you're submitting an issue please include a sample project that recreates the problem.