[Java for Android App Development] djboi2011:
I used the BluetoothLeGatt example code to write an app that automatically connects to a bonded BLE peripheral upon launching the app. Now i am trying to display the data from one of the peripheral's characteristic in a textView. The BluetoothLeGatt example code only demonstrates this using ExpandableListView.OnChildClickListener, my app should require no user input and simply get he data from the characteristic. This is what i have so far:

private TextView mConnectionState;
private TextView mDataField;
private String mDeviceName;
private String mDeviceAddress;
private ExpandableListView mGattServicesList;
private BluetoothLeService mBluetoothLeService;
private boolean mConnected = false;
private BluetoothGattCharacteristic mNotifyCharacteristic;

private final String LIST_NAME = "NAME";
private final String LIST_UUID = "UUID";

// Code to manage Service lifecycle.
private final ServiceConnection mServiceConnection = new ServiceConnection() {

@Override
public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName componentName, IBinder service) {
mBluetoothLeService = ((BluetoothLeService.LocalBinder) service).getService();
if (!mBluetoothLeService.initialize()) {
Log.e(TAG, "Unable to initialize Bluetooth");
finish();
}
// Automatically connects to the device upon successful start-up initialization.
mBluetoothLeService.connect(mDeviceAddress);
}

@Override
public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName componentName) {
mBluetoothLeService = null;
}
};

// Handles various events fired by the Service.
// ACTION_GATT_CONNECTED: connected to a GATT server.
// ACTION_GATT_DISCONNECTED: disconnected from a GATT server.
// ACTION_GATT_SERVICES_DISCOVERED: discovered GATT services.
// ACTION_DATA_AVAILABLE: received data from the device. This can be a result of read
// or notification operations.
private final BroadcastReceiver mGattUpdateReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
final String action = intent.getAction();
if (BluetoothLeService.ACTION_GATT_CONNECTED.equals(action)) {
mConnected = true;
updateConnectionState(R.string.connected);
mConnectionState.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#FF17AA00"));
invalidateOptionsMenu();
} else if (BluetoothLeService.ACTION_GATT_DISCONNECTED.equals(action)) {
mConnected = false;
updateConnectionState(R.string.disconnected);
invalidateOptionsMenu();
clearUI();
} else if (BluetoothLeService.ACTION_GATT_SERVICES_DISCOVERED.equals(action)) {
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UUID chara = UUID.fromString("c97433f0-be8f-4dc8-b6f0-5343e6100eb4");
List<BluetoothGattService> servs = mBluetoothLeService.getSupportedGattServices();
for (int i = 0; servs.size() > i; i++) {

List<BluetoothGattCharacteristic> charac = servs.get(i).getCharacteristics();
for (int j = 0; charac.size() > i; i++) {
BluetoothGattCharacteristic ch = charac.get(i);
if (ch.getUuid() == chara) {
mBluetoothLeService.readCharacteristic(ch);
mBluetoothLeService.setCharacteristicNotification(ch, true);

}
}
}
} else if (BluetoothLeService.ACTION_DATA_AVAILABLE.equals(action)) {
displayData(intent.getStringExtra(BluetoothLeService.EXTRA_DATA));
}
}
};

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_device_control);

final Intent intent = getIntent();
mDeviceName = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRAS_DEVICE_NAME);
mDeviceAddress = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRAS_DEVICE_ADDRESS);
mConnectionState = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.connection_state);
mDataField = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.data);

Intent gattServiceIntent = new Intent(this, BluetoothLeService.class);
bindService(gattServiceIntent, mServiceConnection, BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);

}
@Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
registerReceiver(mGattUpdateReceiver, makeGattUpdateIntentFilter());
if (mBluetoothLeService != null) {
final boolean result = mBluetoothLeService.connect(mDeviceAddress);
Log.d(TAG, "Connect request result=" + result);
}

}

@Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
unregisterReceiver(mGattUpdateReceiver);
}

@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
unbindService(mServiceConnection);
mBluetoothLeService = null;
}

private void updateConnectionState(final int resourceId) {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
mConnectionState.setText(resourceId);
}
});
}

private void displayData(String data) {
if (data != null) {
mDataField.setText(data);
}
}

private void clearUI() {
mGattServicesList.setAdapter((SimpleExpandableListAdapter) null);
mDataField.setText(R.string.no_data);
}

private static IntentFilter makeGattUpdateIntentFilter() {
final IntentFilter intentFilter = new IntentFilter();
intentFilter.addAction(BluetoothLeService.ACTION_GATT_CONNECTED);
intentFilter.addAction(BluetoothLeService.ACTION_GATT_DISCONNECTED);
intentFilter.addAction(BluetoothLeService.ACTION_GATT_SERVICES_DISCOVERED);
intentFilter.addAction(BluetoothLeService.ACTION_DATA_AVAILABLE);
return intentFilter;
}

I've successfully connected to an already bonded device, but now im trying to get the data from a characteristic using its uuid and display it in a textView. The BluetoothLeGatt example shows how a characteristic is selected by a user using an expandable list view onclick listener displaying the supported characteristics. I want to bypass all that and just get the data from the characteristic with the known uuid.

-EDIT-

figured it out