I have a medical device which is Bluetooth enabled with version 2.1+EDR.
I want to integrate the device inside my application. I am targeting mainly the iOS devices with BLE/Bluetooth 4.0 .
Any idea the latest iOS devices will be compatible with mentioned medical device. IF so how will be the approach.(means I can use Corebluetooth ,EAAccessory framework or I have enroll the MFi Program).
If the device is Bluetooth 4/Bluetooh Low Energy (also known as Bluetooth Smart) the you can use Core bluetooth. If it is Bluetooth 2.1 then you need to go through the MFI program and embed an Apple chip in your device I order to identify it to iOS and use the external accessory framework
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I'm developing an App, which is required to communicate with the devices of Bluetooth V2.0, V3.0, or V4.0. The communication is completed through the serial service of Bluetooth. The App is for iPad. We develop it with the Xcode V7.3.1 on the MacBook OS X El Capitan V10.11.4. There are many materials about the Bluetooth development for iOS, but lots of them are for CoreBluetooth.framework. I indeed tried to connect a device in hands through CoreBluetooth.framework, but it does not work. I have some basic questions about the CoreBluetooth and the Bluetooth-communication development.
Suppose the iPad, on which our App runs, has the chip of Bluetooth V4.0 (Smart Ready), can the App establish the Bluetooth connection with the devices of Bluetooth V2.0 or V3.0 through CoreBluetooth.framework? and then communicate with them?
If the answer of the 1st question is "No!", are there any other APIs available for the iOS App to communicate with the Bluetooth devices? If there are, what are they? Of course, we suppose that the Bluetooth devices are the MFi Bluetooth devices.
iOS devices which support Bluetooth Low Energy (v4.0) can connect and accept connections from other BLE compatible devices.
However, in order to connect using older protocols, you would need to become a member of the MFI program.
Hope this helps
The Withings iOS app has the ability to obtain your wifi settings and pass it to the body scale via Classic Bluetooth (see screenshot below). From what I learnt it's a feature only available through the MFi program, which the Withings Scale is.
I'm building an app that talks to external BLE devices. Since MFi is not required for BLE devices, I'm wondering if there's a way to do the same thing with CoreBluetooth or other frameworks?
From Apple's MFi FAQ page:
"Accessories which connect to an Apple device using only Bluetooth Low
Energy/BTLE/Bluetooth 4.0 or standard Bluetooth profiles supported by
iOS are not part of the MFi Program."
Related question on ClassicBluetooth / MFi:
Can you pass WiFi settings from an iOS device to an ExternalAccessory object?
I need a library or framework for bluetooth communication for iOS but not for Bluetooth LE.
I want to communicate a device that cast bluetooth package, but my device not support LE. I have iPhone 4, iPhone 4s and newer support Bluetooth LE.
for this iPhone 4s and newer version there ne problem lots of example I can find and also CoreBluetooth library support this.
So I want proper library or framework for this.
Any Idea or Suggestion would be highly welcome.
Core Bluetooth is designed specifically for Bluetooth LE, a.k.a. BLE, Bluetooth 4.0 and Smart Bluetooth.
Core Bluetooth does not work with the older, classic Bluetooth devices. Those require special APIs and hardware available through Apple's MFi program. Already answered
I have a Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy board. I want to develop a iOS app for the iPhone 4S that receives and sends data from the board.
What framework do I need to reseach/find-documentation-for? Will the Core Bluetooth framework in the iOS SDK work? Will I need to use the GameKit framework?
I just started looking into iOS development a few days ago so I'm trying to navigate through this maze! Thanks!
Core Bluetooth which is part of the iOS5 SDK is all that you need.
You do not need Gamekit or MFi to develop Bluetooth low energy apps.
You will also need a device that supports Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0 (iPhone 4S or the new iPad) to test your app.
Frameworks which are used for discovering the device via Bluetooth are:
CoreBluetooth framework for discovering BLE devices
GameKit Framework for discovering other type of devices.
EAaccessory framework which can be used to interact with paired Bluetooth devices or devices connected through wired, Apple Connector at the base of the device.
Apple MFi Program means you will have a device that is designed to be compatible with iOS devices (meaning, the manufacturer must be a member of the Apple MFi program) and the device manufacturer most provide a protocol that you must add to your applications info.plist file.
Focus on Core Blutooth. Gamekit will only be useful with other iOS devices.
Would the following be possible?
Let's say I have a scale with Bluetooth capabilities, when I turn it on, it sends the weight via BT.
Is it technically possible to develop an iOS app which pairs with the scale and receives the data from it?
According to Apple:
Technical Q&A QA1657: Using External
Accessory framework with Bluetooth
devices.
Q: I understand that the External Accessory framework in iOS 3.0 and later will allow my application to communicate with Bluetooth devices. So why doesn't my application see the Bluetooth accessory sitting next to my iPhone?
A: The External Accessory framework is designed to allow iOS applications to communicate only with hardware accessories that are developed under Apple's MFi licensee program. MFi compliant accessories can be implemented as wired devices, meaning they plug in to the Apple device's 30-pin or Lightning connector, or as wireless devices, whereby they use Bluetooth as the communication channel. Either way, an application that uses the External Accessory framework will not be notified of an accessory's presence unless the accessory identifies itself as being MFi compliant, i.e., it was specifically designed to interface with an iOS application.
Yes, we can connect Bluetooth devices with iOS application through Core bluetooth framework. This framework is supported on the iPhone 4s, iPhone5,iPhone 5S ,iPad3. We can use BLE 4.0 for the communication between scale and iOS application. Here, iOS application become the client and scale become the peripheral. You Can set as well as get data from the weighing scale.
While the External Accessory Framework with Bluetooth is one of the possible solutions, it has additional requirements to be built as per Apple MFi, here Bluetooth reference is to the Classic Bluetooth (Version 3.x and below)
The best solution for the use case you have defined is to use the Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) (aka Bluetooth Smart) technology (Bluetooth 4.0) and it is available to applications as part of the Core Bluetooth Frameworks
Here are the APIs for Core Bluetooth that applications can use.
While currently Bluetooth Low Energy is supported on the latest iPhone 4S, New Mac Mini & Macbook Air - its expected most new Apple & Others hardware will have this standard.