Cannot change Bluetooth Low Energy advertising service

Scarlet

Hi, I have the same problem like in this unsolved question: https://forum.qt.io/topic/95346/cannot-change-qtbluetooth-advertising-service.
I modified the QT Heart Rate Server example to advertise a custom uuid instead of Heart Rate service but my iPhone app is still discovering Heart Rate service. I have also tried advertising Battery Service but the problem remains, iPhone still discovers Heart Rate service.

I changed the name which is being advertised to make sure my iPhone is connecting to the correct peripheral. I also print the uuid of the service which is being advertised and it prints

{0000180f-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb}

which is the uuid for the Battery Service. However that is not what the iPhone discovers.

Here is the modified code:

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#include <QtBluetooth/qlowenergyadvertisingdata.h>
#include <QtBluetooth/qlowenergyadvertisingparameters.h>
#include <QtBluetooth/qlowenergycharacteristic.h>
#include <QtBluetooth/qlowenergycharacteristicdata.h>
#include <QtBluetooth/qlowenergydescriptordata.h>
#include <QtBluetooth/qlowenergycontroller.h>
#include <QtBluetooth/qlowenergyservice.h>
#include <QtBluetooth/qlowenergyservicedata.h>
#include <QtCore/qbytearray.h>
#include <QtCore/qcoreapplication.h>
#include <QtCore/qlist.h>
#include <QtCore/qloggingcategory.h>
#include <QtCore/qscopedpointer.h>
#include <QtCore/qtimer.h>

class BLEListener: public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

public slots:
    void characteristicRead(){
        QTextStream out(stdout);
        out << "CHARACTERISTIC READ!" << endl;
    }
};

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    //QLoggingCategory::setFilterRules(QStringLiteral("qt.bluetooth* = true"));
    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);

    //! [Advertising Data]
    QLowEnergyAdvertisingData advertisingData;
    advertisingData.setDiscoverability(QLowEnergyAdvertisingData::DiscoverabilityGeneral);
    advertisingData.setIncludePowerLevel(true);
    advertisingData.setLocalName("eae128-eae128-ea");
    advertisingData.setServices(QList<QBluetoothUuid>() << QBluetoothUuid::BatteryService);

    QTextStream out(stdout);
    QList<QBluetoothUuid> discoverableServices = advertisingData.services();
    out << "Services:" << endl;
    foreach (QBluetoothUuid uuid, discoverableServices) {
        out << uuid.toString() << endl;
    }
    out << endl;

    //! [Advertising Data]

    //! [Service Data]
    QLowEnergyCharacteristicData charData;
    charData.setUuid(QBluetoothUuid::BatteryLevel);
    charData.setValue(QByteArray(2, 0));
    charData.setProperties(QLowEnergyCharacteristic::Notify);
    const QLowEnergyDescriptorData clientConfig(QBluetoothUuid::ClientCharacteristicConfiguration,
                                                QByteArray(2, 0));
    charData.addDescriptor(clientConfig);

    QLowEnergyServiceData serviceData;
    serviceData.setType(QLowEnergyServiceData::ServiceTypePrimary);
    serviceData.setUuid(QBluetoothUuid::BatteryService);
    serviceData.addCharacteristic(charData);
    //! [Service Data]

    //! [Start Advertising]
    const QScopedPointer<QLowEnergyController> leController(QLowEnergyController::createPeripheral());
    QScopedPointer<QLowEnergyService> service(leController->addService(serviceData));
    leController->startAdvertising(QLowEnergyAdvertisingParameters(), advertisingData,
                                   advertisingData);
    //! [Start Advertising]

    //! [Provide Heartbeat]
    QTimer heartbeatTimer;
    quint8 currentHeartRate = 60;
    enum ValueChange { ValueUp, ValueDown } valueChange = ValueUp;
    const auto heartbeatProvider = [&service, &currentHeartRate, &valueChange]() {
        QByteArray value;
        value.append(char(0)); // Flags that specify the format of the value.
        value.append(char(currentHeartRate)); // Actual value.
        QLowEnergyCharacteristic characteristic
                = service->characteristic(QBluetoothUuid::BatteryLevel);
        Q_ASSERT(characteristic.isValid());
        service->writeCharacteristic(characteristic, value); // Potentially causes notification.
        if (currentHeartRate == 60)
            valueChange = ValueUp;
        else if (currentHeartRate == 100)
            valueChange = ValueDown;
        if (valueChange == ValueUp)
            ++currentHeartRate;
        else
            --currentHeartRate;
    };
    QObject::connect(&heartbeatTimer, &QTimer::timeout, heartbeatProvider);
    heartbeatTimer.start(1000);
    //! [Provide Heartbeat]

    auto reconnect = [&leController, advertisingData, &service, serviceData]()
    {
        service.reset(leController->addService(serviceData));
        if (!service.isNull())
            leController->startAdvertising(QLowEnergyAdvertisingParameters(),
                                           advertisingData, advertisingData);
    };
    //QObject::connect(leController.data(), &QLowEnergyController::disconnected, reconnect);

    return app.exec();
}

Any help is appreciated.

Scarlet

I solved the problem, iPhone was caching bluetooth data for the peripheral which is why it was always discovering the same service and characteristic. Turning bluetooth off and on again on iPhone fixed the problem. Hopefully this might help someone who runs into the same issue.