Get device id from setup

[kyle-ssg]

Hey, this is less of an issue more of a question. I'm looking to port this to a react native app. I've got the setup working however I'm wondering if I can get the connected device id as part of any callback? I have next to no objective c experience so I'm probably missing something :). I've written a simple bridge as follows:

//  RNParticle.m
#import "SparkSetup.h"
#import "RNParticle.h"
#import "AppDelegate.h"

@implementation RNParticle
RCT_EXPORT_MODULE();
RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(open)
{
  SparkSetupMainController *setupController = [[SparkSetupMainController alloc] initWithSetupOnly:YES];
  AppDelegate *delegate = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
  [delegate.window.rootViewController presentViewController:setupController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
@end

[idokleinman]

Sure, there you go:

You can get an active instance of SparkDevice by making your viewcontroller conform to protocol when setup wizard completes.

-(void)SparkSetupViewController:(SparkSetupMainController *)controller didFinishWithResult:(SparkSetupMainControllerResult)result device:(SparkDevice *)device;

This method will be called. If (result == SparkSetupMainControllerResultSuccess) the device parameter will contain an active SparkDevice instance. You can get its device-id by just probing device.id

Good luck

[kyle-ssg]

Thanks so much for the quick response! I have a feeling I tried this however started getting keychain issues.. Again Objective C is completely new to me.. Will have to try again when i get my hands on a photon. From what I understand then I just add this to my app delegate ?

@interface AppDelegate() <ReactNativeAutoUpdaterDelegate>
@end
@implementation AppDelegate
-(void)SparkSetupViewController:(SparkSetupMainController *)controller didFinishWithResult:(SparkSetupMainControllerResult)result device:(SparkDevice *)device {
    //emit event with device.id 
}

.....

[idokleinman]

Looks good. Investigating the keychain issue. btw, you can always go the Swift way if Obj-C feels weird to you

[kyle-ssg]

Hi again. I'm getting SparkSetupResultSuccessUnknown as the result and device is null, however the device connected successfully.

[kyle-ssg]

Hi, could you perhaps shed any light on this? I imagine it could either be due to my device in particular, or perhaps the device doesn't return with initWithSetupOnly:YES

[idokleinman]

This means that the cloud detected the device as offline just after finishing setup and could not generate an instance. Is it happening all the time?

[kyle-ssg]

Seems to be happening every time yes, I'll try on my WIFI at home perhaps in that case as it takes quite a bit longer to connect at work.

[idokleinman]

Let me know how it goes

[kyle-ssg]

Hi again, it seems to still happen when tethering to my phone. Eventually I'll be working with a chipset that goes dormant as soon as it successfully connects to the network in order to save battery, I imagine this approach won't work here.

Upon inspection it seems getDeviceID is successfully retrieving a detectedDeviceID during setup. Is there a way I can simply pass that to the setupDidFinishObserver ?

Edit: Looking in checkForInternetConnectivity, it looks like it finishes with SparkSetupResultSuccessUnknown if self.needToClaimDevice is false.. Is this not because I'm using initWithSetupOnly:YES?

[kyle-ssg]

Ended up implementing didFinishWithResult:(SparkSetupMainControllerResult)result deviceID:(NSString *)deviceID

returns deviceID in either success or unknown, this shall suffice for what I need.. Thanks!

[KillerGasy]

Hey Kyle,

Would you mind helping me integrate the set up library with React Native?

Having some issues, I also have little to no knowledge of Objective-C.

Thanks in advance,

KillerGasy

[KillerGasy]

@kyle-ssg Any help possibly?

[shaskins]

Which part do you need help with? You basically just need to include the particle iOS sdk in your xcode project with either cocoapods or carthage, and then you build a custom class as seen on the OP to create a wrapper for it. Import it in your javascript, and you can then access it.

You can read about creating and using native components here: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/native-components-ios.html

[KillerGasy]

I have been able to do that part. The main part in which I am having trouble is getting the ID from a successful connection and giving it to the React-Native side of the application. @steve-haskins

[anigo333]

Pining this thread as i have the same issue using the same parameters as @kyle-ssg had and we are using swift. So does it mean we need to override the default library behavior as well?