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onCharacteristicChanged() been called multiple times

I am working with BLE connection in my app. I have a single class for the bluetooth functionalities and I am passing a command from a different fragment class for writing any value.
So based on the scenario, inside the fragment, on click of a button will send a write command to the bluetooth class. Its working fine in the first time and I am getting the response. But while clicking the button the button for the second time, onCharacteristicChanged() is called twice and the third time click makes it being called thrice and so on. I genuinely can't figure it out. I will post my code below. Please have a look. In case of any queries, please do let me know. Thanks in advance.
I am writing data inside the OnDescriptorWrite() where as recieving data inside
onCharacteristicChanged().
Inside the fragment:
rvw_availableList.addOnItemTouchListener((
new RecyclerItemClickListener(myContext, new RecyclerItemClickListener.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(View view, int position)
{
BluetoothDevice bl_device = al_deviceList.get(position);
bleUtil.writeData(bl_device,"3AxxxxxxD");
}
})
));
Now inside the writeData() of BleUtil Class:
public void writeData(BluetoothDevice bluetoothDevice, final String value)
{
BluetoothGattCallback gattCallback =
new BluetoothGattCallback() {
#Override
public void onConnectionStateChange(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status, int newState) {
gatt.discoverServices();
}
#Override
public void onServicesDiscovered(final BluetoothGatt gatt, final int status) {
activity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
// prgd_progress.HideProgressDialog();
Log.d("onServicesDiscovered", "Service uuid ");
List<BluetoothGattService> gattServices = gatt.getServices();
Log.d("onServicesDiscovered", "Services count: "+gattServices.size());
for (BluetoothGattService gattService: gattServices)
{
Log.d("aniservice",gattService.getUuid().toString());
}
if (status == BluetoothGatt.GATT_SUCCESS) {
ArrayList<String> alst_uuid = new ArrayList<String>();
BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic =
gatt.getService(UUID.fromString(SERVICE_ID)).getCharacteristics().get(0);
Log.d("anicheck",characteristic.getUuid().toString());
Log.d("anicheck",characteristic.getDescriptors().get(0).getUuid().toString());
// BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic =
// gattServices.get(0).getCharacteristics().get(0);
// Log.d("foundoutchar",gattServices.get(0).getUuid()+" "+gattServices.get(0).getCharacteristics().get(0).getUuid()+"");
gatt.setCharacteristicNotification(characteristic,true);
for (BluetoothGattDescriptor descriptor:characteristic.getDescriptors()){
Log.e("anicheck", "BluetoothGattDescriptor: "+descriptor.getUuid().toString());
}
final BluetoothGattDescriptor descriptor = characteristic.getDescriptor(UUID.fromString("00002902-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb"));
if(descriptor!= null)
{
descriptor.setValue(
BluetoothGattDescriptor.ENABLE_NOTIFICATION_VALUE);
gatt.writeDescriptor(descriptor);
}
else
{
Toast.makeText(activity,"nullval", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
// Log.d("foundoutchar", descriptor.getUuid().toString());
}
}
});
}
#Override
public void onCharacteristicWrite(final BluetoothGatt gatt, final BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic, final int status) {
super.onCharacteristicWrite(gatt, characteristic, status);
activity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run()
{
}
});
}
#Override
public void onCharacteristicRead(BluetoothGatt gatt, final BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic, int status)
{
Log.d("onCharacteristicread",characteristic.getValue().toString());
Log.d("onCharacteristicread","called");
}
#Override
public void onCharacteristicChanged(BluetoothGatt gatt, final BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic) {
super.onCharacteristicChanged(gatt, characteristic);
byte[] charValue = characteristic.getValue();
final String str_result = bytesToHex(charValue);
Log.d("onCharacteristicfullres",str_result);
final Intent intent = new Intent("ble_data"); //FILTER is a string to identify this intent
intent.putExtra("val", "getdeviceinfo");
intent.putExtra("data", str_result);
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(context).sendBroadcast(intent);
activity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run()
{
// byte[] charValue = characteristic.getValue();
// String str_result = bytesToHex(charValue);
// Log.d("onCharacteristicfullres",str_result);
//Toast.makeText(activity, "On char changed "+str_result, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
#Override
public void onDescriptorWrite(final BluetoothGatt gatt, BluetoothGattDescriptor descriptor, int status)
{
activity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run()
{
Log.d("oncharadesc","abcd");
// prgd_progress.HideProgressDialog();
BluetoothGattService service = gatt.getService(UUID.fromString(SERVICE_ID));
for (BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristics: service.getCharacteristics())
{
Log.d("getit",characteristics.getUuid().toString());
}
final BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic =
gatt.getService(UUID.fromString(SERVICE_ID)).getCharacteristics().get(0);
byte[] byt_arr;
byt_arr = hexStringToByteArray(value);
characteristic.setValue(byt_arr);
gatt.writeCharacteristic(characteristic);
}
});
}
};
BluetoothGatt bluetoothGatt = bluetoothDevice.connectGatt(activity, true, gattCallback);
}

It's because you call connectGatt multiple times. Every time you call connectGatt you create a GATT client object which listens to notifications. So after three presses you will have three GATT clients that all handles each notification.
You should change the code so that you use the previously created GATT client when you write your data.

Firstly as mentioned in other answers you should not create multiple instances of BluetoothGattCallback just implement those in a way that they exists as single entity for every device for example holding those objects in HashMap or things like that. I also would like to add check if you receive buzy state from ble. It happens on some ble's that they notify twice for single write first response represents buzy state and other gives us the data, well depends on device to device. Thus, kindly perform some checks on ble's behaviour too.

I agree with Emil. Try to establish a connection first, and if the connection is successful, try writing something to the characteristic or descriptor. Also note that in the method writeData() the BluetoothGattCallback is constantly created, it needs to be created only once for each connected device and the caching of the result of the onServicesDiscovered() method so as not to cause it constantly.

Can't write to BLE device's characteristic anymore after reconnect

I'm writing printing data to the BluetoothGattCharacteristic of a Zebra ZD410 printer. I do this by chunking the data into 20 byte chunks and writing a chunk at a time with the following code:
mCharacteristic.setValue(bytes);
boolean status = mGatt.writeCharacteristic(mCharacteristic);
and then waiting until I receive BluetoothGattCallback.onCharacteristicWrite() before initiating the writing of the next chunk. This works fine.
If I disconnect() and close() the BluetoothGatt and later connect to the same device again with BluetoothDevice.connectGatt() and then try to write to the Characteristic after onServicesDiscovered() has been called is done and I have my Characteristic again, writing will fail. What I mean by this is that when I write to the Characteristic now, onCharacteristicWrite() will be called with a Characteristic who's getValue() returns the value of the last write on the old Gatt.
After trying to solve this for two days and reading tons of SO posts I haven't found a solution.
How can I fix this?
EDIT
Here is the code for the BluetoothGattCallback
private final BluetoothGattCallback gattCallback = new BluetoothGattCallback()
{
#Override
public void onConnectionStateChange(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status, int newState)
{
FALog.i(TAG, "onConnectionStateChange Status: " + status);
switch (newState)
{
case BluetoothProfile.STATE_CONNECTED:
FALog.i(TAG, "gattCallback STATE_CONNECTED");
gatt.discoverServices();
break;
case BluetoothProfile.STATE_DISCONNECTED:
disconnectAndCloseGatt();
mCharacteristic = null;
connectionFailed();
FALog.e(TAG, "gattCallback STATE_DISCONNECTED");
break;
default:
FALog.e(TAG, "gattCallback STATE_OTHER");
}
}
#Override
public void onServicesDiscovered(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status)
{
BluetoothGattService service = gatt.getService(PRINTER_SERVICE_UUID);
if (service != null)
{
BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic = service.getCharacteristic
(PRINTER_SERVICE_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID);
if (characteristic != null)
{
mCharacteristic = characteristic;
mInternalState = STATE_CONNECTED;
mState = State.CONNECTED;
notifyStateChanged();
print("~JA");
FALog.d(TAG, "Printer connected");
mBluetoothActivity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
mListener.onPrinterConnected();
}
});
}
}
}
#Override
public void onCharacteristicWrite(BluetoothGatt gatt, BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic, int status)
{
FALog.d(TAG, "received onCharacteristicWrite " + new String(characteristic.getValue()) + "; success: " +
(status == BluetoothGatt.GATT_SUCCESS));
if (status == BluetoothGatt.GATT_SUCCESS)
{
handler.removeCallbacks(writeRunnable);
popQueueAndReleaseLock();
}
}
};

Try writeCharacteristic after the onDescriptorWrite() callback instead of onServicesDiscovered() callback. writeDescriptor holds the mDeviceBusy.

Android BluetoothGatt becomes null on activity change

I am developing an android application which requires me to send data to a Bluetooth Low Energy device.After the connection event is successful and after I receive a call back message I want to change the activity and display new GUI where on switch click I want to send data to connected device. The problem is after the activity has changed my BluetoothGatt becomes null and BluetoothGattCharacteristic also becomes null and i am not able to send the data. how can I solve this issue? Below is my code main class which onResume calls the connection activity and connects to first available device and after connection is successful it receives callback message and changes the activity.
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements BluetoothLeUart.Callback {
public TextView messages;
private BluetoothLeUart uart;
public void writeLine(final CharSequence text) {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
messages.append(text);
messages.append("\n");
}
});
}
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
messages = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.messages);
// Initialize UART.
uart = new BluetoothLeUart(getApplicationContext());
messages.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
writeLine("Scanning for devices ...");
uart.registerCallback(this);
uart.connectFirstAvailable();
}
#Override
protected void onStop() {
super.onStop();
uart.unregisterCallback(this);
uart.disconnect();
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
// UART Callback event handlers.
// UART Callback event handlers.
#Override
public void onConnected(BluetoothLeUart uart) {
// Called when UART device is connected and ready to send/receive data.
//messages.append("connected2");
writeLine("Connected!");
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,SwitchClass.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
This is my codes BluetoothLeUart class which does connection activity and gives callback message.
public class BluetoothLeUart extends BluetoothGattCallback implements BluetoothAdapter.LeScanCallback {
// UUIDs for UART service and associated characteristics.
public static UUID UART_UUID = UUID.fromString("6E400001-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E");
public static UUID TX_UUID = UUID.fromString("6E400002-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E");
public static UUID RX_UUID = UUID.fromString("6E400003-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E");
// UUID for the UART BTLE client characteristic which is necessary for notifications.
public static UUID CLIENT_UUID = UUID.fromString("00002902-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb");
// UUIDs for the Device Information service and associated characeristics.
public static UUID DIS_UUID = UUID.fromString("0000180a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb");
public static UUID DIS_MANUF_UUID = UUID.fromString("00002a29-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb");
public static UUID DIS_MODEL_UUID = UUID.fromString("00002a24-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb");
public static UUID DIS_HWREV_UUID = UUID.fromString("00002a26-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb");
public static UUID DIS_SWREV_UUID = UUID.fromString("00002a28-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb");
// Internal UART state.
private Context context;
private WeakHashMap<Callback, Object> callbacks;
private BluetoothAdapter adapter;
private BluetoothGatt gatt;
private BluetoothGattCharacteristic tx;
private BluetoothGattCharacteristic rx;
private boolean connectFirst;
private boolean writeInProgress; // Flag to indicate a write is currently in progress
// Queues for characteristic read (synchronous)
private Queue<BluetoothGattCharacteristic> readQueue;
// Interface for a BluetoothLeUart client to be notified of UART actions.
public interface Callback {
public void onConnected(BluetoothLeUart uart);
public void onConnectFailed(BluetoothLeUart uart);
public void onDisconnected(BluetoothLeUart uart);
public void onReceive(BluetoothLeUart uart, BluetoothGattCharacteristic rx);
public void onDeviceFound(BluetoothDevice device);
public void onDeviceInfoAvailable();
}
public BluetoothLeUart(Context context) {
super();
this.context = context;
this.callbacks = new WeakHashMap<Callback, Object>();
this.adapter = BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter();
this.gatt = null;
this.tx = null;
this.rx = null;
this.disManuf = null;
this.disModel = null;
this.disHWRev = null;
this.disSWRev = null;
this.disAvailable = false;
this.connectFirst = false;
this.writeInProgress = false;
this.readQueue = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<BluetoothGattCharacteristic>();
}
// Send data to connected UART device.
public void sendbyte(byte[] data) {
if (tx == null || data == null || data.length == 0) {
// Do nothing if there is no connection or message to send.
return;
}
// Update TX characteristic value. Note the setValue overload that takes a byte array must be used.
tx.setValue(data);
writeInProgress = true; // Set the write in progress flag
gatt.writeCharacteristic(tx);
// ToDo: Update to include a timeout in case this goes into the weeds
while (writeInProgress); // Wait for the flag to clear in onCharacteristicWrite
gatt.readCharacteristic(rx);
}
// Send data to connected UART device.
public void send(String data) {
if (data != null && !data.isEmpty()) {
sendbyte(data.getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
}
}
// Register the specified callback to receive UART callbacks.
public void registerCallback(Callback callback) {
callbacks.put(callback, null);
}
// Unregister the specified callback.
public void unregisterCallback(Callback callback) {
callbacks.remove(callback);
}
// Disconnect to a device if currently connected.
public void disconnect() {
if (gatt != null) {
gatt.disconnect();
}
gatt = null;
tx = null;
rx = null;
}
// Stop any in progress UART device scan.
public void stopScan() {
if (adapter != null) {
adapter.stopLeScan(this);
}
}
// Start scanning for BLE UART devices. Registered callback's onDeviceFound method will be called
// when devices are found during scanning.
public void startScan() {
if (adapter != null) {
adapter.startLeScan(this);
}
}
// Connect to the first available UART device.
public void connectFirstAvailable() {
// Disconnect to any connected device.
disconnect();
// Stop any in progress device scan.
stopScan();
// Start scan and connect to first available device.
connectFirst = true;
startScan();
}
// Handlers for BluetoothGatt and LeScan events.
#Override
public void onConnectionStateChange(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status, int newState) {
super.onConnectionStateChange(gatt, status, newState);
if (newState == BluetoothGatt.STATE_CONNECTED) {
if (status == BluetoothGatt.GATT_SUCCESS) {
// Connected to device, start discovering services.
if (!gatt.discoverServices()) {
// Error starting service discovery.
connectFailure();
}
else {
notifyOnConnected(this);
}
}
else {
// Error connecting to device.
connectFailure();
}
}
else if (newState == BluetoothGatt.STATE_DISCONNECTED) {
// Disconnected, notify callbacks of disconnection.
rx = null;
tx = null;
notifyOnDisconnected(this);
}
}
#Override
public void onServicesDiscovered(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status) {
super.onServicesDiscovered(gatt, status);
// Notify connection failure if service discovery failed.
if (status == BluetoothGatt.GATT_FAILURE) {
connectFailure();
return;
}
// Save reference to each UART characteristic.
tx = gatt.getService(UART_UUID).getCharacteristic(TX_UUID);
rx = gatt.getService(UART_UUID).getCharacteristic(RX_UUID);
// Save reference to each DIS characteristic.
disManuf = gatt.getService(DIS_UUID).getCharacteristic(DIS_MANUF_UUID);
disModel = gatt.getService(DIS_UUID).getCharacteristic(DIS_MODEL_UUID);
disHWRev = gatt.getService(DIS_UUID).getCharacteristic(DIS_HWREV_UUID);
disSWRev = gatt.getService(DIS_UUID).getCharacteristic(DIS_SWREV_UUID);
// Add device information characteristics to the read queue
// These need to be queued because we have to wait for the response to the first
// read request before a second one can be processed (which makes you wonder why they
// implemented this with async logic to begin with???)
readQueue.offer(disManuf);
readQueue.offer(disModel);
readQueue.offer(disHWRev);
readQueue.offer(disSWRev);
// Request a dummy read to get the device information queue going
// gatt.readCharacteristic(disManuf);
// Setup notifications on RX characteristic changes (i.e. data received).
// First call setCharacteristicNotification to enable notification.
if (!gatt.setCharacteristicNotification(rx, true)) {
// Stop if the characteristic notification setup failed.
connectFailure();
return;
}
// Next update the RX characteristic's client descriptor to enable notifications.
BluetoothGattDescriptor desc = rx.getDescriptor(CLIENT_UUID);
if (desc == null) {
// Stop if the RX characteristic has no client descriptor.
connectFailure();
return;
}
desc.setValue(BluetoothGattDescriptor.ENABLE_NOTIFICATION_VALUE);
if (!gatt.writeDescriptor(desc)) {
// Stop if the client descriptor could not be written.
connectFailure();
return;
}
// Notify of connection completion.
notifyOnConnected(this);
}
#Override
public void onCharacteristicChanged(BluetoothGatt gatt, BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic) {
super.onCharacteristicChanged(gatt, characteristic);
notifyOnReceive(this, characteristic);
}
#Override
public void onCharacteristicRead (BluetoothGatt gatt, BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic, int status) {
super.onCharacteristicRead(gatt, characteristic, status);
if (status == BluetoothGatt.GATT_SUCCESS) {
//Log.w("DIS", characteristic.getStringValue(0));
// Check if there is anything left in the queue
BluetoothGattCharacteristic nextRequest = readQueue.poll();
if(nextRequest != null){
// Send a read request for the next item in the queue
// gatt.readCharacteristic(nextRequest);
}
else {
// We've reached the end of the queue
disAvailable = true;
// notifyOnDeviceInfoAvailable();
}
}
else {
//Log.w("DIS", "Failed reading characteristic " + characteristic.getUuid().toString());
}
}
#Override
public void onCharacteristicWrite(BluetoothGatt gatt, BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic, int status) {
super.onCharacteristicWrite(gatt, characteristic, status);
if (status == BluetoothGatt.GATT_SUCCESS) {
// Log.d(TAG,"Characteristic write successful");
}
writeInProgress = false;
}
#Override
public void onLeScan(BluetoothDevice device, int rssi, byte[] scanRecord) {
// Stop if the device doesn't have the UART service.
if (!parseUUIDs(scanRecord).contains(UART_UUID)) {
//main.writeLine("Parse UUID failed...");
//main.messages.append("Parse UUID failed...");
return;
}
// Connect to first found device if required.
if (connectFirst) {
// Stop scanning for devices.
stopScan();
// Prevent connections to future found devices.
connectFirst = false;
// Connect to device.
gatt = device.connectGatt(context, true, this);
}
}
// Private functions to simplify the notification of all callbacks of a certain event.
private void notifyOnConnected(BluetoothLeUart uart) {
for (Callback cb : callbacks.keySet()) {
if (cb != null) {
cb.onConnected(uart);
}
}
}
private List<UUID> parseUUIDs(final byte[] advertisedData) {
List<UUID> uuids = new ArrayList<UUID>();
int offset = 0;
while (offset < (advertisedData.length - 2)) {
int len = advertisedData[offset++];
if (len == 0)
break;
// main.writeLine(advertisedData.toString());
int type = advertisedData[offset++];
switch (type) {
case 0x02: // Partial list of 16-bit UUIDs
case 0x03: // Complete list of 16-bit UUIDs
//main.writeLine("case 02,03...");
// main.messages.append("case 02,03...");
while (len > 1) {
int uuid16 = advertisedData[offset++];
uuid16 += (advertisedData[offset++] << 8);
len -= 2;
uuids.add(UUID.fromString(String.format("%08x-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb", uuid16)));
}
break;
case 0x06:// Partial list of 128-bit UUIDs
case 0x07:// Complete list of 128-bit UUIDs
// Loop through the advertised 128-bit UUID's.
//main.writeLine("case 06,07...");
// main.messages.append("case 06,07...");
while (len >= 16) {
try {
// Wrap the advertised bits and order them.
ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(advertisedData, offset++, 16).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
long mostSignificantBit = buffer.getLong();
long leastSignificantBit = buffer.getLong();
uuids.add(new UUID(leastSignificantBit,
mostSignificantBit));
} catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
// Defensive programming.
//Log.e(LOG_TAG, e.toString());
continue;
} finally {
// Move the offset to read the next uuid.
offset += 15;
len -= 16;
}
}
break;
default:
//main.writeLine("case default...");
// main.messages.append("case default");
offset += (len - 1);
break;
}
}
return uuids;
}
}
Here is my class from where I send the data
public class SwitchClass extends Activity {
public TextView messages;
public Switch Switch1;
public byte[] switchData = {'U','1','1','1','0','0','2','Z'};
private BluetoothLeUart uart;
public void writeLine(final CharSequence text) {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
messages.append(text);
messages.append("\n");
//messages.setText("anirudh");
}
});
}
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.switchlayout);
Switch1 = (Switch) findViewById(R.id.switch1);
uart = new BluetoothLeUart(getApplicationContext());
Switch1.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView,
boolean isChecked) {
if (isChecked) {
switchString = new String(switchData);
writeLine(switchString);
// send this array 8 bytes to BLE
sendData(switchString);
}
}
});
public void sendData(String sendVal) {
StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
stringBuilder.append(sendVal.toCharArray(), 0, 8);
uart.send(stringBuilder.toString());
}

You are creating a service from this activity and you are destroying it onStop
so your service is now been disconnected , so automatically you cant get bluetoothgatt and adapter for it
I suggest you to have child fragment inside you activity so your service will stay alive and you can have as many fragment you want to display the thing !!
Hopes this will help you !!

you can visit https://github.com/captain-miao/bleYan, It's a simple BLE library and example.

I also got exactly the same error like yours. In my case I comment out or deleted the following line under onServiceDiscover method. It works suddenly.It may not be the answer, Hope it will give you some clue to solve.
disManuf = gatt.getService(DIS_UUID).getCharacteristic(DIS_MANUF_UUID);
disModel = gatt.getService(DIS_UUID).getCharacteristic(DIS_MODEL_UUID);
disHWRev = gatt.getService(DIS_UUID).getCharacteristic(DIS_HWREV_UUID);
disSWRev = gatt.getService(DIS_UUID).getCharacteristic(DIS_SWREV_UUID);
readQueue.offer(disManuf);
readQueue.offer(disModel);
readQueue.offer(disHWRev);
readQueue.offer(disSWRev);

You must set to synchronized your BluetoothGatt Object like
public void setBluetoothGatt(BluetoothGatt gatt) {
synchronized (this) {
this.bluetoothGatt = gatt;
}
}
because BluetoothGatt throw DeadObject Exception when you change the Activity

Android BLE is connecting to multiple devices at once

I've seen plenty of questions about how to connect to multiple devices purposely. But in my situation, I am only trying to connect to one hardware device.
I have two hardware devices that are supposed to do the same thing. When they connect to my app via BLE, then they have an LED that turns a solid color. This all works fine and dandy when I only have one device turned on. However, when I turn two of the devices on and then try to connect to just one. Both of the devices' LED's turn solid. Although I don't seem to be getting any incoming data from the one that I didn't intend to connect to.
I don't think it's the device's fault. Because I don't have this issue on iOS. I think the phone might be remembering previously connected devices somewhere maybe?
I'm sorry, this is a lot of code. But I feel like it's important to have this whole class. Any help is much appreciated.
package com.roberts.croberts.orange;
import android.annotation.TargetApi;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothDevice;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothGatt;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothGattCallback;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothGattCharacteristic;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothGattService;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothProfile;
import android.bluetooth.le.ScanCallback;
import android.bluetooth.le.ScanResult;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.util.Log;
import android.bluetooth.le.BluetoothLeScanner;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
#TargetApi(21)
public class BluetoothRegulator {
private static BluetoothRegulator instance = null;
private Context context;
private BluetoothLeScanner mLEScanner;
private BluetoothDevice orangeDevice;
//scanner stuff
private Handler mHandler;
// Stops scanning after 3 seconds.
private static final long SCAN_PERIOD = 3000;
//connected stuff
private android.bluetooth.BluetoothManager mBluetoothManager;
private BluetoothAdapter mBluetoothAdapter;
private BluetoothGatt mBluetoothGatt;
public ArrayList<BluetoothDevice> devices = new ArrayList<>();
private Handler foundHandler = new Handler();
private Handler servicesHandler = new Handler();
private ScanCallback mScanCallback;
public static BluetoothRegulator sharedInstance(){
if(instance == null) {
instance = new BluetoothRegulator();
Log.i("chase", "created new instance");
}
return instance;
}
// Implements callback methods for GATT events that the app cares about. For example,
// connection change and services discovered.
private final BluetoothGattCallback mGattCallback = new BluetoothGattCallback() {
#Override
public void onConnectionStateChange(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status, int newState) {
if (newState == BluetoothProfile.STATE_CONNECTED) {
mBluetoothGatt.discoverServices();
Log.i(TAG, "BR: onconnectionsStateChanged Connected to GATT server.");
// Attempts to discover services after successful connection.
} else if (newState == BluetoothProfile.STATE_DISCONNECTED) {
Log.i(TAG, "Disconnected from GATT server.");
}
}
#Override
public void onServicesDiscovered(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status) {
if (status == BluetoothGatt.GATT_SUCCESS) {
// Loops through available GATT Serviceokay so ees.
for (BluetoothGattService gattService : mBluetoothGatt.getServices()) {
for (BluetoothGattCharacteristic gattCharacteristic : gattService.getCharacteristics()) {
mBluetoothGatt.setCharacteristicNotification(gattCharacteristic, true);
Log.i(TAG, mBluetoothGatt == null ? "mbluetooth is null" : "should be subscribed");
}
}
Log.i("chase", "did connect and discover devices");
} else {
Log.w(TAG, "Not Success onServicesDiscovered received: " + status);
connect(orangeDevice);
}
}
private Object getFieldFromObject(Object obj, String name){
try {
Field field = obj.getClass().getDeclaredField(name);
field.setAccessible(true);
return field.get(obj);
}catch(Exception e){
Log.i("chase", "e: "+e);
return null;
}
}
#Override
public void onCharacteristicChanged(BluetoothGatt gatt,
BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic) {
Log.i("BR: chase", "received data!");
}
};
public void close() {
if (mBluetoothGatt == null) {
return;
}
mBluetoothGatt.close();
mBluetoothGatt = null;
}
public boolean initialize(android.bluetooth.BluetoothManager btmanager, Context ctx) {
mBluetoothManager = btmanager;
context = ctx;
mBluetoothAdapter = mBluetoothManager.getAdapter();
if (mBluetoothAdapter == null) {
Log.e(TAG, "Unable to obtain a BluetoothAdapter.");
return false;
}
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
mLEScanner = mBluetoothAdapter.getBluetoothLeScanner();
setUpCallBack();
}
return true;
}
public void scan() { //we call scan when they hit the connect button...
// Stops scanning after a pre-defined scan period.
Log.i("chase", "start scanning");
devices = new ArrayList<>();
if (mHandler == null) mHandler = new Handler();
mHandler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 21) {
mBluetoothAdapter.stopLeScan(mLeScanCallback);
} else {
mLEScanner.stopScan(mScanCallback);
}
}
}, SCAN_PERIOD);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 21) {
mBluetoothAdapter.startLeScan(mLeScanCallback);
} else {
mLEScanner.startScan(mScanCallback);
}
}
private void foundDevice(BluetoothDevice device){
final String deviceName = device.getName();
if (deviceName != null && deviceName.length() > 5 && (deviceName.substring(0, 6).equals("orange") || deviceName.substring(0, 6).equals("smartb"))) {
for (BluetoothDevice d : devices){
if (d.getAddress().equals(device.getAddress())){
return;
}
}
mHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
devices.add(device);
if (devices.size() == 1) { //wait one second and then assume there aren't any more devices named "orange"
foundHandler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
doneSearching();
}
}, 1000);
}
}
}
private void doneSearching(){
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 21) {
mBluetoothAdapter.stopLeScan(mLeScanCallback);
} else {
mLEScanner.stopScan(mScanCallback);
}
if (devices.size() == 1){
BluetoothDevice device = devices.get(0);
connect(device);
}else{
//normally this displays a list and the user can choose which device. But this works just as well for now.
BluetoothDevice device = devices.get(0);
connect(device);
}
}
//connect method
public boolean connect(BluetoothDevice btdevice) {
orangeDevice = btdevice;
if (mBluetoothAdapter == null || btdevice == null || btdevice.getAddress() == null) {
return false;
}
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 21) {
mBluetoothAdapter.stopLeScan(mLeScanCallback);
} else {
mLEScanner.stopScan(mScanCallback);
}
devices = new ArrayList<>();
mBluetoothGatt = orangeDevice.connectGatt(context, true, mGattCallback);
return true;
}
public void disconnect() {
if (mBluetoothAdapter == null || mBluetoothGatt == null) return;
mBluetoothGatt.disconnect();
mBluetoothGatt = null;
}
// Device scan callback.
private BluetoothAdapter.LeScanCallback mLeScanCallback =
new BluetoothAdapter.LeScanCallback() {
#Override
public void onLeScan(final BluetoothDevice device, int rssi, byte[] scanRecord) {
foundDevice(device);
}
};
public void setUpCallBack(){
mScanCallback = new ScanCallback() {
#Override
public void onScanResult(int callbackType, ScanResult result) {
BluetoothDevice device = result.getDevice();
foundDevice(device);
}
#Override
public void onScanFailed(int errorCode) {
Log.e("Chase", "Scan Failed Error Code: " + errorCode);
}
};
}
}
Update
I was playing around with a galaxy tablet and wasn't able to recreate the issue. So I think it's device dependent. The problem occurs on the Galaxy S3, and I am trying to round up some other devices to test with.
Also, I was able to get my hands on some new devices and it seems that if the device has never been connected before to the phone (virgin device) then that device doesn't get mixed up and think it's connected when it's not. So we will see it when we search but it never thinks I am connecting to it, until I actually do connect to it. After that, then half the time it thinks I am trying to talk to it when I am not. I hope that makes sense. Which backs up the theory that the phone is somehow caching old devices. I tried uninstalling the app and reinstalling it to see if it would have the same effect as using a virgin device, but it seems the app has nothing to do with it. The device will still connect (when it's not supposed to) after it has been introduced to the phone, even if I did a fresh install of the app.

I would check the BLE devices themselves. Is there a chance that they might have the same System ID ? I believe it's the first characteristic in 0x180A. If so - it will be difficult for the host to distinguish them and such a double connection might happen.

-Lets say you have 2 devices. So foundDevice() gets called. Now devices arraylist contains 1 device.
-After that you are using handler which calls doneSearching() & checks
if device.size()==1
It returns true and you call connect()
-Inside connect you are again creating an arraylist i.e
devices = new ArrayList<>();
So what happens now is your devices ArrayList<>() contains 0 elements.
-So now when 2nd device is found again the above steps are repeated because whenever connect method is getting called, the size of list is getting refreshed to 0
So just remove the line
devices = new ArrayList<>();
inside connect() method

Android BLE, can not really write characteristic

I'm working on a Android project which is to connect Nexus 7 and a bio sensor through BLE link. The problem is that, I can successfully detect and get list of services and characteristics of the sensor. When I write some data to the specific characteristic, onCharacteristicWrite is automatically called and showed me writing operation is successful. However, the sensor never receive anything from the tablet. And if I use similar app on iPhone, everything works fine. So there's no problem with the device.
Does anyone have any idea of the problem?
Here is my code for write:
private final BluetoothGattCallback mGattCallback = new BluetoothGattCallback() {
#Override
public void onConnectionStateChange(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status, int newState) {
if (newState == BluetoothProfile.STATE_CONNECTED) {
mConnected = true;
Log.i(TAG, "Connected to GATT server.");
// Attempts to discover services after successful connection.
Log.i(TAG, "Attempting to start service discovery:" +
mBluetoothGatt.discoverServices());
} else if (newState == BluetoothProfile.STATE_DISCONNECTED) {
mConnected = false;
Log.i(TAG, "Disconnected from GATT server.");
}
}
#Override
public void onServicesDiscovered(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status) {
if (status == BluetoothGatt.GATT_SUCCESS) {
//Once detected services, write to characteristic for 6 times.
int count =6;
while(count>0){
writeCharacteristic();
count--;
}
} else {
Log.w(TAG, "onServicesDiscovered received: " + status);
}
}
#Override
public void onCharacteristicWrite(BluetoothGatt gatt,
BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic,
int status){
if (status == BluetoothGatt.GATT_SUCCESS){
Log.d(TAG,"Write to Characteristic Success! !");
}
}
};
public boolean writeCharacteristic(){
//check mBluetoothGatt is available
if (mBluetoothAdapter == null || mBluetoothGatt == null) {
Log.w(TAG, "BluetoothAdapter not initialized");
return false;
}
BluetoothGattService Service = mBluetoothGatt.getService(UUID_MY_SERVICE);
if (Service == null) {
Log.e(TAG, "service not found!");
return false;
}
BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic = Service
.getCharacteristic(UUID_MY_CHARACTERISTIC);
if (characteristic == null) {
Log.e(TAG, "char not found!");
return false;
}
byte[] value = {(byte)300,(byte)100,(byte)100};
characteristic.setValue(value);
boolean status = mBluetoothGatt.writeCharacteristic(characteristic);
return status;
}
The output shows "Write to Characteristic Success! !" for six times, thus the writing operation succeeded. However, the device shows that nothing been received from tablet. I also tried to write one byte at a time, or add a timer to let the tablet write to sensor every 2 seconds. But none of them worked. Any ideas?

(Answered by question edit. Converted to a community wiki answer. See What is the appropriate action when the answer to a question is added to the question itself? )
The OP wrote:
Follow Up:
The problem solved by manually pairing the tablet with the device first in the setting instead of pairing by code.
So only using the code snippet of connecting Gatt provided by Android is not good enough to pair the device. I should add another code I found online to pair the devices if I don't want to pair them manually every time:
private void pairDevice(BluetoothDevice device) {
try {
Log.d("pairDevice()", "Start Pairing...");
Method m = device.getClass()
.getMethod("createBond", (Class[]) null);
m.invoke(device, (Object[]) null);
Log.d("pairDevice()", "Pairing finished.");
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("pairDevice()", e.getMessage());
}
}