FABluetoothManager

A simple bluetooth manager block based to interact with peripherals for iOS

Installation

Just use cocoapods pod 'FABluetoothManager' Or add the FABluetoothManager.{h.m} files to your project

See CocoaPods

Getting started

1.- Get an instance

#import FABluetoothManager.h

FABluetoothManager *manager = [FABluetoothManager manager];

2.- Scan for peripherals

To start searching for peripherals use the function bellow:

Note : We're using nil as a value for services to find all the peripherals but this is something you won't do on a real enviroment. See Apple Bluetooth

[manager startSearchingForPeriphetals:^(NSArray *peripherals, NSError *error) {
	NSLog(@"%@",peripherals);
} services:nil];

3.- Connect to peripheral

Before do any kind of comunication we need to connect to it.

ConnetPeripheralBlock completionBlock = ^(CBPeripheralState state, NSError* error){
        if (state == CBPeripheralStateConnected) {
		// Optional you can look for services
//            [self discoverServices:nil
//                        peripheral:peripheral
//                        completion:servicesBlock];
        } else {
            block(nil, error);
        }
    };
[manager connectToPeripheral:peripheral completion:completionBlock];

Discover services and characteristics

ServicesBlock servicesBlock = ^(NSArray* services, NSError *error){
        if (!error) {
  	    NSLog(@"%@",services);
    	} else {
            block(nil, error);
        }
    };

[manager discoverServices:@[service] // NSArray of CBUUID
                        peripheral:peripheral
                        completion:servicesBlock];

Read and write values for characteristics

[manager writeValue:nsData //NSData to be written
          characteristic:characteristic // CBCharacteristic
                 service:service // CBService
               periphera:peripheral // CBPeripheral
              completion:^(NSData* data, NSError *error){
                  [self.centralManager cancelPeripheralConnection:peripheral]; // After write all the information don't forget to disconnect the peripheral
                  block(data,error);
              }
              disconnect:nil]; // Handle the disconnect error

TODOS:

• Finish the README.
• Fix typos

Author

Fernando Arellano (fernando.faa@gmail.com)