rdar23374935.md

CoreBluetooth not discovering peripherals

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Summary:

Bluetooth LE devices are never detected by a CBCentralManager when scanning for all devices.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Clone and run a Bluetooth LE peripheral, e.g. git clone git@github.com:sandeepmistry/osx-ble-peripheral.git
2. Clone this example on an Apple TV: git clone git@github.com:bdotdub/CBExample.git
3. Run the example on a tvOS device

Expected Results:

The CBCentralManagerDelegate discovery functions called with Bluetooth LE peripherals nearby

Actual Results:

None of the CBCentralManagerDelegate functions are called

Version:

tvOS 9.0

Notes:

Configuration:

Apple TV

Attachments:

I believe that you are calling the centralManager too soon in the referenced example project. You must wait until the centralManager calls the delegate method centralManagerDidUpdateState() with a state parameter of .PoweredOn or higher before calling methods on the centralManager.

When I moved the call to scanForPerihperalsWithServices() into the .PoweredOn case in ..didUpdateState() then nearby peripherals were discovered as expected.