BRPtouchBluetoothManager

BRPtouchBluetoothManager lists printers connected via Bluetooth. The printers need to be paired on the OS setting beforehand.

Class Methods

sharedManager

Get the instance of BRPtouchBluetoothManager.

Declaration

+ (BRPtouchBluetoothManager *)sharedManager;

Return Value

The shared instance of BRPtouchBluetoothManager.

Instance Methods

pairedDevices

Get the list of printers paired to the mobile device.

Declaration

- (NSArray *)pairedDevices

Return Value

Array of BRPtouchDeviceInfo which are Bluetooth printers connected to the mobile device.

registerForBRDeviceNotification

Registers notifications for of the printer connection status. You can receive them from NSNotificationCenter using the following keys.

  • BRDeviceDidConnectNotification is notified when the printer is connected to the mobile device
  • BRDeviceDidDisconnectNotification is notified when the printer is disconnected from the mobile device

The notification includes the printer information as BRPtouchDeviceInfo object. You can retrieve it from userInfo with BRDeviceKey.

Declaration

- (void)registerForBRDeviceNotification;

unregisterForBRDeviceNotification

Unregisters notifications registered with registerForBRDeviceNotification.

Declaration

- (void)unregisterForBRDeviceNotification;

brShowBluetoothAccessoryPickerWithNameFilter

Displays an alert view that allows user to pair the discovered Bluetooth accessory. Since the view is OS standard one, the behavior may depends on the version of OS.

Declaration

- (void)brShowBluetoothAccessoryPickerWithNameFilter:(NSPredicate *)predicate;

Parameters

Parameter Description
predicate The predicate is evaluated using the name of the Bluetooth accessory to filter the discovered accessories. If you want to display all discovered accessories, specify nil.