Kuika's Bluetooth Is Open action is used to check if Bluetooth is turned on on a device. It verifies that Bluetooth is active on the device so that your app can use Bluetooth features. If Bluetooth is turned off, this action can give the app a warning to turn Bluetooth on or stop certain actions. In this tutorial, you will learn how to add a Bluetooth Is Open action to your app.

The Bluetooth Is Open action only supports mobile apps.

This training content consists of the following topics:

Adding a data source connection to your app with Bluetooth.
Adding a new method for Bluetooth connection to your application.
Adding a Bluetooth Is Open action.

Add Data Source Connectivity to Your App with Bluetooth

Log in to the Kuika platform and open the mobile project you will work on from the Apps screen.
Go to the Datasources module. Here you can view existing data sources, actions and tables or add a new data source.

Click on the + icon next to the Sources heading.

Select the Bluetooth data source and give it a name.
Create the data source by clicking the CREATE button.
On the screen that opens, fill in the following fields:

Device Name: Display name of the device (Mandatory)
Device ID: Unique ID of the device (Optional)
Device Address: The Bluetooth address of the device. For example, the address of a Bluetooth device: “00:1A:2B:3C:4D:5E.” (Optional).

7. Complete the registration by clicking the CREATE button.

Add a New Method for Bluetooth Connection to Your Application

Characteristics are used to accurately distinguish and make sense of data measurements between Bluetooth devices. Each characteristic represents a specific type of data.

After adding the Bluetooth data source, click the ADD NEW METHOD button.

GATT (Generic Attribute Profile) is the standard protocol that regulates the data communication of BLE devices. Fill in the following fields when adding a new method:

Name Method name
Characteristic ID: Unique ID that identifies the data
Service ID Service ID of BLE devices
Characteristic Type: UUID indicating the type of data (Read, write, etc.) Each characteristic is identified by a UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) and can allow operations such as read (Read), write (Write) or mark (Notify or Indicate).

Save your method by clicking the SAVE button.
Select your method and add an action by clicking the ADD ACTION button in the Properties panel.

Sub Array: Used to select a specific part of the data. For example, click +ADD ACTION > Sub Array to ensure that the first two values read from a device are converted to Byte (divide by 128) and converted to temperature value. Click Symbol Picker in Sub Array.

In the “Count” field, enter the value “2” since the first two values are requested.

Click “+ADD ACTION>Arithmetic>Divide” for byte conversion.

Divide: Allows data conversion by dividing by a specific value. Click the Symbol Picker in Value in Divide and select Action Results>Sub Array to call the value from Sub Array. Then type “128” in the value2 field.

5. Complete the process by clicking the UPDATE button.

Bluetooth Is Open Aksiyonu Ekleyin

After creating a new method:

Click on the method you created.

2. Select “Custom→ Kuika→ BluetoothIsOpen_bluetooth” from the Properties panel “+ADD ACTION” drop-down menu on the right side.

3. Configure the following fields from the drop-down menu:

showAlert (1): You can specify whether to show a warning message when Bluetooth is off. If you turn on the switch, an alert message will be displayed indicating that Bluetooth is turned off.
alertMessage (2): Allows you to specify the content of the alert message to be shown when Bluetooth is turned off. For example, you can write a message like “Please turn Bluetooth on”.

So you have added a Bluetooth Is Open action to your application.