android-ble-hardware

What problem does it solve?

This Skill solves the challenge of building a dependable Android BLE hardware integration where device discovery, connection management, GATT service handling, and byte-level telemetry parsing work correctly across real-world peripherals.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Nordic BLE integration: Uses the Nordic Semiconductor BLE library to avoid fragile raw BluetoothGatt callback handling.
• UART/GATT workflow: Supports UART-style services with characteristic discovery, notification setup, and queued write operations for command/telemetry flows.
• Lifecycle reliability: Implements connection lifecycle management with automatic reconnection patterns and safer Flow-based scanning.

Use it when you connect to a BLE peripheral like a GPS logger, sensor hardware, or OBD-II adapter, then scan by UUID or name pattern, receive binary packets, frame them into complete messages, and route telemetry into your app.

Quick Start

Use the android-ble-hardware skill to implement Nordic-based BLE scanning and a BleManager subclass for your BLE peripheral’s GATT profile, then parse incoming UART bytes into complete telemetry frames.