Events

Since react-native version 0.76, events are handled with specific methods that return the listener.

Examples

useEffect(() => {
  const onStopListener = BleManager.onStopScan((args) => {
    // Scanning is stopped args.status
  });

  return () => {
    onStopListener.remove();
  };
    
}, []);

onStopScan

The scanning for peripherals is ended.

Arguments

status - Number - [iOS] the reason for stopping the scan. Error code 10 is used for timeouts, 0 covers everything else. [Android] the reason for stopping the scan (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/le/ScanCallback#constants_1). Error code 10 is used for timeouts

onDidUpdateState

The BLE state changed.

Arguments

state - String - the new BLE state. Can be one of unknown (iOS only), resetting (iOS only), unsupported, unauthorized (iOS only), on, off, turning_on (android only), turning_off (android only).

onDiscoverPeripheral

The scanning found a new peripheral.

Arguments

id - String - the id of the peripheral
name - String - the name of the peripheral
rssi - Number - the RSSI value
advertising - JSON - the advertising payload, here are some examples:
- isConnectable - Boolean
- serviceUUIDs - String[]
- manufacturerData - JSON - contains a json with the company id as field and the custom value as raw bytes and data (Base64 encoded string)
- serviceData - JSON - contains the raw bytes and data (Base64 encoded string)
- txPowerLevel - Int
- rawData - [Android only] JSON - contains the raw bytes and data (Base64 encoded string) of all the advertising data

onDidUpdateValueForCharacteristic

A characteristic notified a new value.

Event will only be emitted after successful startNotification.

Arguments

value — Number[] — the read value
peripheral — String — the id of the peripheral
characteristic — String — the UUID of the characteristic
service — String — the UUID of the characteristic

onConnectPeripheral

A peripheral was connected.

Arguments

peripheral - String - the id of the peripheral
status - Number - [Android only] connect reasons

onDisconnectPeripheral

A peripheral was disconnected.

Arguments

peripheral - String - the id of the peripheral
status - Number - [Android only] disconnect reasons
domain - String - [iOS only] disconnect error domain
code - Number - [iOS only] disconnect error code (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corebluetooth/cberror/code)

onPeripheralDidBond

A bond with a peripheral was established.

Arguments

Object with information about the device.

onCentralManagerWillRestoreState [iOS only]

This is fired when centralManager:WillRestoreState: is called (app relaunched in the background to handle a bluetooth event).

For more on performing long-term bluetooth actions in the background:

iOS Bluetooth State Preservation and Restoration

iOS Relaunch Conditions

Arguments

peripherals - Array - an array of previously connected peripherals.

onDidUpdateNotificationStateFor [iOS only]

The peripheral received a request to start or stop providing notifications for a specified characteristic’s value.

Arguments

peripheral - String - the id of the peripheral
characteristic - String - the UUID of the characteristic
isNotifying - Boolean - Is the characteristic notifying or not
domain - String - [iOS only] error domain
code - Number - [iOS only] error code

onCompanionPeripheral [Android only]

User picked a device to associate with.

Null if the request was cancelled by the user.

Arguments

id - String - the id of the peripheral
name - String - the name of the peripheral
rssi - Number - the RSSI value

onCompanionFailure [Android only]

Associate callback received a failure or failed to start the intent to pick the device to associate.