In my app, I scan low energy Bluetooth for specific service uuid 2415
. To convert the string 2415 into uuid I am using UUID serviceUUID = UUID.fromString(
The confusion that may lead many people here is that you can use short code UUIDs to reference bluetooth services and characteristics on other platforms - for instance on iOS with CBUUID. On Android however, you must provide a full, 128-bit length UUID as specified in RFC4122.
The fix (as @Michael pointed out) is to prepend your 16bit or 32bit short UUID to the base bluetooth UUID. You can use these functions to make this a bit easier.
public static final String baseBluetoothUuidPostfix = "0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB";
public static UUID uuidFromShortCode16(String shortCode16) {
return UUID.fromString("0000" + shortCode16 + "-" + baseBluetoothUuidPostfix);
}
public static UUID uuidFromShortCode32(String shortCode32) {
return UUID.fromString(shortCode32 + "-" + baseBluetoothUuidPostfix);
}
For example:
UUID uuid = uuidFromShortCode16("FFF0");
This creates a UUID object from "0000FFF0-0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB"
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