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Use monotonic timestamp in scan result#211

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@rohitsangwan01 rohitsangwan01 changed the base branch from main to Add-service-data-in-advertisements January 20, 2026 11:17
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This pull request significantly enhances the UniversalBle library by adding comprehensive support for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) service data within scan results. This feature allows applications to access additional advertisement data provided by BLE devices, which is crucial for identifying and interacting with specific services. The changes span across the core data models, Pigeon definitions, and platform-specific implementations for Android, iOS/macOS, Linux, and Windows, ensuring a unified experience. Additionally, the Android implementation benefits from improved scan performance and more precise timestamping.

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  • Service Data Support: Introduced serviceData to BleDevice and UniversalBleScanResult models, enabling the retrieval of service-specific advertisement data during BLE scans across all platforms (Android, iOS/macOS, Linux, Windows).
  • Android Scan Improvements: Updated Android's BLE scanning to use SCAN_MODE_LOW_LATENCY for potentially faster scan results and switched to timestampNanos for more accurate, monotonic timestamps in scan results.
  • Cross-Platform Integration: Implemented platform-specific logic for extracting and mapping service data, ensuring consistent data availability through the UniversalBle API.

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This pull request correctly refactors the code to use monotonic timestamps for BLE scan results, which is a good improvement for accuracy. It also removes the usage of System.currentTimeMillis() where a monotonic timestamp isn't available, setting it to null instead. However, I've identified an unrelated change that sets the scan mode to low latency, which will increase power consumption. I've added a comment to address this.

Comment on lines +174 to +175
// Use low latency for scanning
builder.setScanMode(ScanSettings.SCAN_MODE_LOW_LATENCY)
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Hardcoding the scan mode to SCAN_MODE_LOW_LATENCY will significantly increase power consumption. This mode is generally recommended only for short, foreground scans. This change appears unrelated to the PR's main goal of updating timestamp handling.

To prevent unexpected battery drain for users, please consider removing these lines. If low-latency scanning is a required feature, it would be better to make it a configurable option.

Base automatically changed from Add-service-data-in-advertisements to main January 21, 2026 08:13
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