Connecting Mesh Device to Phone using BLE

[ScruffR]

@Nick44

Is there anywhere that they mention talking about the Bluetooth API?

There are many posts about this, but this was the most recent official statement I quickly found

To use BLE to connect other devices in Boron

Want to follow up to confirm that this is the case. We’re focused on setup and out-of-box stability issues right now, but have already started putting thought into exposing Bluetooth APIs for 3rd gen hardware.

@Nick44

is it possible to run both protocols on the same antenna?

Yes it is.

@Nick44

For instance, right now I cant even see the device show up in a BLE scanning app.

If you put your device in Listening Mode (blinking blue) you will be able to find the device via BT scanning - that's what the Particle App does for setup.

@Nick44

when they do release this capability they will use the same API that Redbear developed, this would make the software side a lot simpler for me.

Not an answer to that, but if they'd happen to implement an even easier set of APIs I'd be happy to rather have that and adapt a few old projects but have the ease-of-use for all future ones (e.g. I didn't like all these hardcoded magic uuids)