Polymer - Platinum Bluetooth

It is used for interacting with nearby bluetooth devices using the <platinum-bluetooth> element.

You can use this element in your application, by running the following command to install it in your project directory.

bower install --save PolymerElements/platinum-bluetooth

Example

Following example specifies the use of platinum-bluetooth element in Polymer.js. Create an index.html file and add the following code in it.

<!doctype html>
<html>
   <head>
      <title>Polymer Example</title>
      <script src = "bower_components/webcomponentsjs/webcomponents-lite.js"></script>
      <link rel = "import" href = "bower_components/polymer/polymer.html">
      <link rel = "import" href = "bower_components/paper-styles/demo-pages.html">
      <link rel = "import" href = "bower_components/paper-button/paper-button.html">
      <link rel = "import" href = "bower_components/platinum-bluetooth/platinum-bluetooth-device.html">
   </head>
   
   <body>
      <section>
         <paper-button raised>Get bluetooth device</paper-button>
      </section>
      <script src = "platinum_bluetooth.js"></script>
   </body>
</html>

Now, create another file called platinum_bluetooth.js and include the following code −

document.addEventListener('WebComponentsReady', function() {
   var mybatteryDevice = document.querySelector('platinum-bluetooth-device');
   var mybutton = document.querySelector('paper-button');

   mybutton.addEventListener('click', function() {
      console.log('The requested bluetooth device advertising a battery service...');
    
      mybatteryDevice.request().then(function(device) {
         console.log('Bluetooth device has been found...');
         console.log('The device name is: ' + device.name);
      })
      .catch(function(error) {
         console.error('Sorry!No device found...', error);
      });
   });
});

Output

To run the application, navigate to the created project directory and run the following command.

polymer serve

Now open the browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8081/. Following will be the output.

When you click the button, it will display a message as "The requested bluetooth device advertising a battery service..." in the console and display an error message, if no device is found.

polymer_elements.htm

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