WebBLE 17+
GreenParkSoftware
Designed for iPad
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- $1.99
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Description
Very simple web browser that supports an initial subset of the web bluetooth javascript APIs, with bookmarks and console log viewing support.
*** New in 1.7 ***
- support for pybricks
*** Overview ***
Using this app you can navigate to a site written in javascript that can interact with your bluetooth (low energy) devices. This allows you to write your applications for use with devices such as puck.js in a language you are more familiar with (i.e. javascript) and be able to use it from your iOS device.
Use the built-in console viewer to debug issues when running your site on WebBLE.
Security is important for bluetooth device access, and so only sites that use https are supported, and it is not possible to connect to a bluetooth device without permission being granted by the user.
Initially the following key APIs are supported:
- bluetooth.requestDevice()
- bluetooth.getAvailability()
- BluetoothDevice.gatt
- BluetoothDevice.addEventListener('gattserverdisconnected', cb)
- BluetoothRemoteGATTServer.connect()
- BluetoothRemoteGATTServer.disconnect()
- BluetoothRemoteGATTServer.getPrimaryService()
- BluetoothRemoteGATTService.getCharacteristic()
- BluetoothRemoteGATTCharacteristic.writeValue()
- BluetoothRemoteGATTCharacteristic.writeValueWithResponse()
- BluetoothRemoteGATTCharacteristic.writeValueWithoutResponse()
- BluetoothRemoteGATTCharacteristic.readValue()
- BluetoothRemoteGATTCharacteristic.startNotifications()
- BluetoothRemoteGATTCharacteristic.stopNotifications()
- BluetoothRemoteGATTCharacteristic.addEventListener("characteristicvaluechanged", cb)
What’s New
Version 1.7.0
Support for pybricks by adding the following API calls:
- writeValueWithResponse(value)
- writeValueWithoutResponse(value)
- getAvailability()
Ratings and Reviews
Barely works.
I spent most of my time trying to get to the proper page. 99% of my time using the app was just bouncing around different web pages in the app that would just crash immediately and close the app. There is no user guide and you can easily be stuck in a loop of crashing or redirecting if you accidentally click the wrong thing.
App works; lacks user guide
The app works fine. The problem is that there is no user guide and many of the preloaded links are broken.
You need to add the URL for the tool you want to use, in my case, bangle js. But there are no instructions on how to do this and no indication that you need to do so.
Basically, think of the app as a web browser that connects to BLE. When you use it as such, you can send programming into to the BLE device.
Just as advertised
Works as advertised, no fuss. Navigated to a web page is built that worked fine with Chrome on every platform except iOS, and immediately found my Bluetooth device, connected to it and triggered events.
Thanks for keeping this up to date until either Google or Apple officially support WebBLE.
App Privacy
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Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- David Park
- Size
- 1.8 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.7 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.7 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.7 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 17+ Unrestricted Web Access
- Copyright
- © greenparksoftware.co.uk
- Price
- $1.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.