Android BLE API: GATT Notification not received

Question

Device used for testing: Nexus 4, Android 4.3

Connection is working fine but the onCharacteristicChangedMethod of my callback is never called. However I

Answer 1

Here's a simple way to do it, but let me know if you see any drawbacks.

Step 1 Declare boolean variables

private boolean char_1_subscribed = false;
private boolean char_2_subscribed = false;
private boolean char_3_subscribed = false;

Step 2 subscribe to the first characteristic in the onServicesDiscovered callback:

@Override
public void onServicesDiscovered(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status) {
    if (status == BluetoothGatt.GATT_SUCCESS) {
        broadcastUpdate(ACTION_GATT_SERVICES_DISCOVERED);
    } else {
        Log.w(TAG, "onServicesDiscovered received: " + status);
    }
    try {
        Thread.sleep(1000);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    if(!char_1_subscribed)
        subscribeToNotification(gatt.getService(UUID_SERVICE).getCharacteristic(UUID_CHAR_1)); char_1_subscribed = true;
}

Step 3

Subscribe to any others after the onCharacteristicChanged callback fires

@Override
public void onCharacteristicChanged(BluetoothGatt gatt,
                                    BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic) {
    if(UUID_CHAR_1.equals(characteristic.getUuid()))
    {
        if(!char_1_subscribed)
            subscribeToNotification(gatt.getService(UUID_SERVICE).getCharacteristic(UUID_CHAR_2)); char_2_subscribed = true;
    }
    if(UUID_CHAR_2.equals(characteristic.getUuid()))
    {
        if(!char_3_subscribed)
            subscribeToNotification(gatt.getService(UUID_SERVICE).getCharacteristic(UUID_CHAR_3)); char_3_subscribed = true;
    }
}