Bluetooth 4.0, smart bluetooth, bluetooth low energy

Is it possible to make an application in App Inventor, which can communicate with BLE(bluetooth low energy) enabled devices?

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Currently we only support Classic Bluetooth, but not BLE. I will add this to our list of issue, features and updates to investigate. For information on App Inventors Bluetooth component is our documentation here.

http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/reference/components/connectivity.html#BluetoothClient

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Any update when Bluetooth 4.0 will be developed? I need this for an upcoming project. Thank you!

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There are no plans to develop this any time soon.
If you really need it and are willing to work on it, we'd be happy to
help out and integrate it in AI. Please join the open source group if
you want to get started:
http://appinventor.mit.edu/appinventor-sources/

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Would be great if you could support BLE (Bluetooth 4.0) it is the future and an interface on this platform would create the opertunitiy for many developers to base thir design on it and expand it . Pls prioritize . lets be first not last to utilize this new geat technology . thanks

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I urge you to prioritise BLE higher.

There is a lot happening around BLE and Android.

Different sensors the iBeacon just to mention two areas where BLE is exploding. To be able to create sensors that can be powered with a coin battery for years is cool and opens up a lot of areas that hasn't been available before.

I'm using App Inventor both in learning and teaching programming and for my own small test/demo apps.

So from a non programmer view, it would be highly appreciated.

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I totally agree with Mats on this subject. Technology with BLE is about to bloom quickly especially with the advances in wearable technology. App inventor allows us non-programmers to create great programs with very little time and is an excellent tool! If their needs to be funding to push this then do so, I guarantee you will receive it.

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Funding is always welcome, if you have any leads, please do share.

The other options is that someone out there with programming knowledge
is interested enough to contribute this through the open source
community. All info here:
http://appinventor.mit.edu/appinventor-sources/

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I can contribute with project management and BLE 10 000' BLE knowledge and testing.

Programming knowledge isn't my cup of tea, sadly...

So what else can I do to make it happen ? (I will read through the source to see if I can comprehend what amount of work it is)

And to set a goal, BLE is kind of a wide goal, can it be narrowed down to a part of BLE?!

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Get in touch with the open source group; if you can convince anyone in there with the programming chops to do this well, we'd be delighted to help with AI questions and go ahead with the project. You can find more info about the sources at: http://appinventor.mit.edu/appinventor-sources/

and the open source group at: https://groups.google.com/group/app-inventor-open-source-dev

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