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LightBlue FAQ: Common Questions, Answered

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Introduction LightBlue is a powerful BLE tool we created to help developers and tech enthusiasts connect, test, and troubleshoot Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Whether you’re new to LightBlue or just looking for quick answers, this FAQ has you covered. From understanding its features to solving common issues, we’ve compiled the essentials to make sure you get the most out of your experience. Table of Contents General LightBlue…
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Mastering all 5 Kotlin Scope Functions

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It should come as no surprise that our Android team here at Punch Through loves Kotlin, and that we strive to write idiomatic Kotlin, taking advantage of its unique language features whenever possible. Some common questions we get from newer team…
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Using Rx vs Delegates with CoreBluetooth

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Reactive (or “Rx”) style programming is quickly becoming a popular design pattern in mobile development. What is it, and how does it compare to the tried-and-true delegation pattern? Should you be using Rx on your next mobile project? Follow…
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The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Core Bluetooth

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This article assumes you know the very basics of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and iOS programming (including the delegation pattern for asynchronous calls common to many iOS native APIs), and is meant as a comprehensive guide to the ins and outs of…
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Creating a BLE Peripheral with BlueZ

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While I’m fairly well-versed in working with BLE on an embedded device, I have so far had little experience with using BLE at a higher level. To help remedy this, I underwent the task of creating a BLE peripheral running a GATT server on a…
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Our 5 Favorite Kotlin Features

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When Swift was released by Apple for iOS developers, Android developers were in awe and envious of this modern programming language that provides null-safety and an expressive yet concise syntax. Thankfully, the Android Studio 3.0 release in 2017…
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4 Tips to Make Android BLE Actually Work

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Android development is hard, and it's no thanks to its relatively fragmented ecosystem and having a million OEM’s out there. Throw BLE—which is extremely hardware and Bluetooth spec. dependent!—into the mix and the platform's behavior becomes…
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Testing Bluetooth Low Energy Devices

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Bluetooth Low Energy is a new Bluetooth standard that is exciting for a couple reasons- it enables very low power battery applications, and it further opens the smartphone accessory market. LightBlue allows you to test and simulate Bluetooth Low…