Change BLE default MTU for iOS application

[newsettler_AI]

Hi,

I need to change BLE MTU from default 23 value to some higher.

My ESP32 act as peripheral (server). Phone with Android / iOS act as central (client) and connect to ESP32, using custom application.

With Android everything wokrs fine by next routine:
1. Phone connects
2. Phone request MTU change
3. MTU successfully changed
This can be easily tested with any dev app, for example NRF Connect.

Problem is that iOS doesnt support MTU change requests. From iOS specs, it says that maximum MTU is 185 bytes.
I want to achieve it or at least get about 150-160 bytes.

But without ablitity to change it after connect, I have to set some higher default MTU value.

Right now I want to test that MTU value is changed, so testing with Android and NRF Connect.

What I've tried:

1) change

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ESP_GATT_DEF_BLE_MTU_SIZE

at esp-idf\components\bt\bluedroid\api\include\api but not affect on MTU (still default 23 bytes left)

2) change

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GATT_DEF_BLE_MTU_SIZE

at esp-idf\components\bt\bluedroid\stack\include\stack but got error (in NRF Connect log says "Error 129 (0x81) GATT INTERNAL ERROR ") and not able even discover services.

3) during bt initialisation call

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esp_ble_gatt_set_local_mtu(180)

but still no changes in MTU


Any assistance would be appreciated

[chegewara]

Use only this option to change MTU:

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esp_ble_gatt_set_local_mtu(180)

If nRF shows some error when you are trying to discover services then it has to be something else but that.

[ukrsms]

I noticed this issue as well
The difference is I use cpp_utils by Kolban:

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    BLEDevice::init("MY BLE");
    BLEDevice::setMTU(100);

But the masseges are still limited to about 20symbols

[newsettler_AI]

Use only this option to change MTU:

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esp_ble_gatt_set_local_mtu(180)

If nRF shows some error when you are trying to discover services then it has to be something else but that.

After this I'm receiving tons of warnings

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W (26806) BT_GATT: attribute value too long, to be truncated to 179

When I tried to set 179, I'm getting error

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W (26806) BT_GATT: attribute value too long, to be truncated to 178

and so on... Dont understand what value to set...

[chegewara]

newsettler_AI, 180 was just example value. You are getting those warnings because your message is longer and can't be sent in notifications/indications. Also you have to remember that notifications/indications max length is MTU - 3.