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Android-enable notification client side, CCCD & UUID.

Yacire

Hi All,

I have a problem to enable notification on my Android phone, i followed the tutorial on android web page (section bluetooth low energy) but my app crash, i have this error :

W/BluetoothGatt: Unhandled exception in callback
                                                                              java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'boolean android.bluetooth.BluetoothGattDescriptor.setValue(byte[])' on a null object reference
                                                                                  at com.selfiethings.yacire.selfwakeup2.ConnectionBleService$override.setCharacteristicNotification(ConnectionBleService.java:314)
                                                                                  at com.selfiethings.yacire.selfwakeup2.ConnectionBleService$override.static$access$300(ConnectionBleService.java:31)
                                                                                  at com.selfiethings.yacire.selfwakeup2.ConnectionBleService$override.access$dispatch(ConnectionBleService.java)
                                                                                  at com.selfiethings.yacire.selfwakeup2.ConnectionBleService.access$300(ConnectionBleService.java:0)
                                                                                  at com.selfiethings.yacire.selfwakeup2.ConnectionBleService$2.onServicesDiscovered(ConnectionBleService.java:151)
                                                                                  at android.bluetooth.BluetoothGatt$1.onSearchComplete(BluetoothGatt.java:305)
                                                                                  at android.bluetooth.IBluetoothGattCallback$Stub.onTransact(IBluetoothGattCallback.java:217)
                                                                                  at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:446)

My code to set up the notification on my client (Android app) is like this :

 private void setCharacteristicNotification() {

    BluetoothGattService bluetoothGattService = mBluetoothGatt.getService(UUID.fromString(SELF_WAKE_UP_SERVICE_UUID));
    BluetoothGattCharacteristic bluetoothGattCharacteristic = bluetoothGattService.
            getCharacteristic(UUID.fromString(BATTERY_LEVEL_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID));

    mBluetoothGatt.setCharacteristicNotification(bluetoothGattCharacteristic, true);
    BluetoothGattDescriptor descriptor = bluetoothGattCharacteristic.getDescriptor(
            UUID.fromString(BATTERY_LEVEL_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID));

    Log.i(TAG, "descriptor " + descriptor);
    descriptor.setValue(BluetoothGattDescriptor.ENABLE_NOTIFICATION_VALUE);
    mBluetoothGatt.writeDescriptor(descriptor);

}

So, i have an issue at the line : BluetoothGattDescriptor descriptor = bluetoothGattCharacteristic.getDescriptor( UUID.fromString(BATTERY_LEVEL_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID)); My descriptor reference is null. In this link text

I see, to write the CCCD to enable notification, i must have the CCCD_UUID, but what is this CCCD UUID, i have only UUID for charcteristics and services in my server (nrf51 DK). So i need to write this : BluetoothGattDescriptor desc = char.getDescriptor(CCCD_UUID); to enable notif. in Android.

Do you have any information about CCCD UUID please ? Thanks.

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    Not all characteristics have a CCCD by default. You have to make sure, that the GATT server provides a CCCD for the characteristic. If you have a ble sniffer, you could go and watch the service and characteristic discovery between client and server and see, if there is a CCCD and if the correct attribute bits are set within the characteristic descriptor.

    You can not address a specific CCCD by UUID, as all CCCD have the very same 16-bit UUID. You have to lookup the characteristic, that contains the CCCD and then search through all attributes of that characteristic. But that is something that should have been done by Android for you.

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    Not all characteristics have a CCCD by default. You have to make sure, that the GATT server provides a CCCD for the characteristic. If you have a ble sniffer, you could go and watch the service and characteristic discovery between client and server and see, if there is a CCCD and if the correct attribute bits are set within the characteristic descriptor.

    You can not address a specific CCCD by UUID, as all CCCD have the very same 16-bit UUID. You have to lookup the characteristic, that contains the CCCD and then search through all attributes of that characteristic. But that is something that should have been done by Android for you.

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