[Enhancement] Advertising support

[svedmark]

I've tested this library for a BLE Beacon scanner, which works well using the device scanner. However, it would be fantastic if support for adding advertisements could be added so it's possible to create beacons also! I noticed the docs for the advertising manager are already in this repo, so this might already be planned or initiated? I haven't DBussed before, but with some collaboration I could maybe contribute to the implementation somehow...

For reference: https://github.com/SuessLabs/Linux.Bluetooth/blob/master/docs/BlueZ/advertising-api.txt

Thanks for the efforts so far btw =]

[DamianSuess]

@svedmark, That would be a good example to include to ensure that the feature is supported.

Added it to the backlog. If you're able to pick up the work item before I do, that would be great. Currently, the main focus I'm targeting is BLE Server supportability.

[wcoder]

Examples based on DotnetBleServer library:

• https://github.com/phylomeno/dotnet-ble-server/tree/39e020fc9d447750b47548ef0e852d9c0660a15c/Examples
• WIP https://github.com/wcoder/CPUTemp

[DamianSuess]

Thank you @wcoder! As soon as i wrap up the next release of Prism.Avalonia, i'll dig into it 👍

[dconyers]

Hello @DamianSuess - I'm trying to understand the current state of your library as it relates to BLE peripheral support. Does your library currently allow for advertisements and acting as a GATT server?

Specifically, I'm trying to understand if this feature request is just to author some demo code or if the actual implementation is still unimplemented?

Thanks in advance!

[DamianSuess]

The GATT Server portion can be wired in, however, I do not have helper classes programmed in just yet. By all means, if you want to contribute a PR to help improve, please do :)