We're working on porting the BluetoothLE extension as a component on iOS. Because of the constraints that Apple puts on apps, we cannot use the extensions approach like we do on Android.
Does the MIT team have any status updates? Just wondering, we use the BLE functionality in some of our educational programs and would like to have the capability to use both IOS and Android. Thanks...
I have the same question about updates on using iOS devices for Bluetooth. I run CSE workshops and camps and some students had iPhones in the camp where we were trying to do one way communication with Arduino and a mobile app.
Which particular model of Arduino are you using? One challenge here is that Apple has restricted access somewhat to what I would call "classic" Bluetooth due to energy consumption concerns. They do allow use of Bluetooth low energy without issue, which we do plan to implement full support for. Knowing what kind of Arduino you use and which Bluetooth version it uses might help us better understand whether what you want to do is feasible.
Hi, I am using the ESP32 board and I am trying to use bluetooth to connect to it. I have an iPhone and I have followed some tutorials on creating a bluetooth connector using MIT App inventor, however the list appears empty when I try to show a list of available connected devices. Is there a fix/work around for this? Thanks!
I am a retired EE living in France where I created an engineering degree in embedded electronics. I use a large part of my free time playing with Arduino ESP32. I was about linking my projet to my iPhone using the magnificent App Inventor you developped. And guess what ?! Apple locks BLE extension. This is very disappointing !!!
We have plans to build the BLE support directly into the App Inventor companion on iOS to get around the extension issue, so even if the ruling doesn't change anything eventually this will be supported.
I'm using an Adafruit Feather Sense nRF52840 which has a Nordic BLE module (still learning BLE so not sure), will this chip work with MIT Inventor?
Thanks,
Joe B