I am doing something by Nordic nrf51822 BLE solution, is there any idea to let ios(iphone/ipad) attempt dedicated app is not installed after ble device pair to the iphone or ipad(like the attachment picture)? I search the internet and many forums, no found similar use case. But in Logitech bluetooth speaker, it has this function, my device is a BLE peripheral device, nordic has apple notification center service(ANCS) sample code, it seems only get the notifications from ios only, does any body know ANCS can do such function or not? And it's much appreciated if you have more information for me. thanks.
App not installed picture
The alert you have shown is triggered when an MFi device is detected for which the app isn't installed. MFi devices have an Apple 'chip' in them that presents an identity that iOS can use to identify the appropriate apps in the App Store.
BLE devices are excluded from the MFi program and so you cannot present this alert when your BLE peripheral is discovered - indeed, without an app to discover the peripheral iOS won't even attempt to connect to the peripheral.
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I want to connect bluetooth device to my iOS app. That device perfectly works in android as it first paired via bluetooth (from outside the app) and send/recive command from inside the app. But that device is not getting in my list when I am turning on it in iPhone setting.
After a research I come to know that Corebluetooth can connect only with BLE. Now How many possible way to connect my app with that device. Please help me with this.
Is there any app on App Store from where I can scan that device ? It
wii be also helpful for me.
I also come to know about apple MFI program, but how will work ? Is it
paid ?
Thanks.
I'm working on a BLE device that part of its requirements is that it'll only use connect mode between the iPhone and the peripheral (no pairing nor bonding).
According to Apple documentation Bluetooth Accessory
Design Guidelines for
Apple Products
section 3.7 Apple is using Random device address. As much as I know, when using Random device address one need to pair (in order to get the IRK).
Is there a way to have a BLE device who works with iOS and only does connect with no pairing or bonding?
I'm working on one watch which shows iOS device notification like..
Display Installed app notification
Display Call notification
Display Message notification.. etc
I have read some articles and came to know about GATT and ANCS, and this two itself enough to display iOS device notification on other bluetooth device.
Generic Attribute(GATT) Profile : https://developer.bluetooth.org/TechnologyOverview/Pages/GATT.aspx
Apple Notification Center Service(ANCS):
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/CoreBluetooth/Reference/AppleNotificationCenterServiceSpecification/Introduction/Introduction.html
Is that mean I do not need any iOS application to handle iOS device notification?
Currently my watch is built up with SPP, do I need to make any modification in that?
I also came to know that I have to apply for MFi Program(https://developer.apple.com/programs/mfi/).
is MFi necessary for My watch with the idea I have mentioned above?
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
SPP is classic BT whereas ANCS uses BTLE.
ANCS is free to use.
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/CoreBluetooth/Reference/AppleNotificationCenterServiceSpecification/Specification/Specification.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40013460-CH1-SW18
To connect to BLE devices I am using the code you can find here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/25828315/1565181
I am running the code on my macpro with bluetooth activated. I can connect to my cell phone in the settings-> blue tooth menu but unfortunately when I run the code I only get the "CoreBluetooth BLE hardware is unsupported on this platform" output on the console. I do not have a developer account yet, can this be the problem?
CoreBluetooth isn't supported in the iOS Simulator. You'll need to run the app on an iOS device that supports Bluetooth LE. You will need a paid developer account in order to run apps on the iOS device.
Currently you need only a real device.
Apple allows debugging for any apple id
I'm tasked with developing an iPhone app whose first bit of functionality is to connect to a bluetooth transmitting device, receive data from that device, and use that data to do other important things. The issue I'm having is that there doesn't seem to be any good sort of SDK to work with, so I'm thinking of using the GameKit framework to search for bluetooth transmitting devices, connect to the (correct) device, and to receive data from this device.
Bullet points:
- search for bluetooth device
- connect to bluetooth device
- receive data only from the device
Tips/advice?
Apple doesn't let just any Bluetooth device to connect to an iOS device. The device must be MFi compliant.
Assuming you've been tasked with writing the app to work with your company's product, start with signing up with the MFi developer program from Apple.
Assuming the opposite, that you've been tasked with writing the app to work with a third party device make sure the product is MFi compliant. Finding a "Made for iPhone" or "Made for iPad" logo on the device or packaging is likely to indicate it is MFi compliant.
From there you should investigate the External Accessory Framework. Try reading External Accessory Programming Topics