Unable to send string data

[dwmoffatt]

In java you can send string data via the write characteristic, in able you are unable to via the write characteristic.

Had to write my own function to do it.

[b3b]

The write_characteristic function should do this: https://able.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#able.BluetoothDispatcher.write_characteristic

[dwmoffatt]

that function calls this https://github.com/b3b/able/blob/b75a5a9c435799aaa2aa467676097860fbdc2ffb/able/utils.py#L4 which returns nothing as it doesn't convert the python String

[b3b]

force_convertible_to_java_array converts string to list:

>>> from able.utils import force_convertible_to_java_array
>>> force_convertible_to_java_array('test string')
['t', 'e', 's', 't', ' ', 's', 't', 'r', 'i', 'n', 'g']

[dwmoffatt]

Let me re-try it then. Last time I did it, it wasn't working.

[b3b]

Yes, it wasn't working. Array of strings is not suitable for jnius.convert_pyarray_to_java. Fixed, now it is possible to use write_characteristic with a string data.

[dwmoffatt]

Sweet! I will update and try it out.