I am trying to make a BLE scanner using Android studio (JAVA). I am using a model code from here:https://github.com/joelwass/Android-BLE-Scan-Example
I have edited the code to filter for one single device I am currently using as the broadcaster ( the CC2640R2 Dev board).
I want to be able to print the Hex data stream that I would receive from the broadcast, so that i can use it to define different types of the development board as well as other informative packets.
From my research i have looked into the getBytes() function but am still yet to find a way it works.
MainActivity.java
package com.example.joelwasserman.androidbletutorial;
import android.Manifest;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothDevice;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothManager;
import android.bluetooth.le.BluetoothLeScanner;
import android.bluetooth.le.ScanCallback;
import android.bluetooth.le.ScanRecord;
import android.bluetooth.le.ScanResult;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.UUID;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
BluetoothManager btManager;
BluetoothAdapter btAdapter;
BluetoothLeScanner btScanner;
Button startScanningButton;
Button stopScanningButton;
TextView peripheralTextView;
private final static int REQUEST_ENABLE_BT = 1;
private static final int PERMISSION_REQUEST_COARSE_LOCATION = 1;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
peripheralTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.PeripheralTextView);
peripheralTextView.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());
startScanningButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.StartScanButton);
startScanningButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
startScanning();
}
});
stopScanningButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.StopScanButton);
stopScanningButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
stopScanning();
}
});
stopScanningButton.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
btManager = (BluetoothManager)getSystemService(Context.BLUETOOTH_SERVICE);
btAdapter = btManager.getAdapter();
btScanner = btAdapter.getBluetoothLeScanner();
if (btAdapter != null && !btAdapter.isEnabled()) {
Intent enableIntent = new Intent(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_REQUEST_ENABLE);
startActivityForResult(enableIntent,REQUEST_ENABLE_BT);
}
// Make sure we have access coarse location enabled, if not, prompt the user to enable it
if (this.checkSelfPermission(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
final AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
builder.setTitle("This app needs location access");
builder.setMessage("Please grant location access so this app can detect peripherals.");
builder.setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok, null);
builder.setOnDismissListener(new DialogInterface.OnDismissListener() {
@Override
public void onDismiss(DialogInterface dialog) {
requestPermissions(new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION}, PERMISSION_REQUEST_COARSE_LOCATION);
}
});
builder.show();
}
}
// Device scan callback.
private ScanCallback leScanCallback = new ScanCallback() {
@Override
public void onScanResult(int callbackType, ScanResult result) {
if(new String("SimpleBLEBroadcaster").equals(result.getDevice().getName()))
peripheralTextView.append("Device Name: " + result.getDevice().getName() + " rssi: " + result.getRssi() + "n" + ScanRecord.getBytes() );
}
};
@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode,
String permissions[], int[] grantResults) {
switch (requestCode) {
case PERMISSION_REQUEST_COARSE_LOCATION: {
if (grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
System.out.println("coarse location permission granted");
} else {
final AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
builder.setTitle("Functionality limited");
builder.setMessage("Since location access has not been granted, this app will not be able to discover beacons when in the background.");
builder.setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok, null);
builder.setOnDismissListener(new DialogInterface.OnDismissListener() {
@Override
public void onDismiss(DialogInterface dialog) {
}
});
builder.show();
}
return;
}
}
}
public void startScanning() {
System.out.println("start scanning");
peripheralTextView.setText("");
startScanningButton.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
stopScanningButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
AsyncTask.execute(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
btScanner.startScan(leScanCallback);
}
});
}
public void stopScanning() {
System.out.println("stopping scanning");
peripheralTextView.append("Stopped Scanning");
startScanningButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
stopScanningButton.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
AsyncTask.execute(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
btScanner.stopScan(leScanCallback);
}
});
}
}
The error i get from this is: Error:(97, 140) error: non-static method getBytes() cannot be referenced from a static context
Any help on how to correctly print the hex stream would be much appreciated!
Josh
2
Answers
So I managed to solve this using https://stackoverflow.com/users/344480/matthias answer found here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/2817883/344480
The method
getBytes()
can only be called on an instance ofScanRecord
. You can get one from theScanResult
:I don’t know what a
ScanRecord
represents, but at least that’s how your code compiles. Probably you want to represent the bytes as string in this case?