Results from BLE Scan Not Invoking Angular Update

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I’m attempting to use a native plugin for the first time, the BLE plugin, and when I use the BLE.startScanWithOptions(…) method, my Angular UI doesn’t update with data generated within the code which executes each time a new device is reported.

For example, I’ve taken the basic tabs project and added the BLE plugin. In the example as written, myvariable will not be updated in the UI in realtime, but with adding zone.run() will cause it to update in realtime.

What am I missing that then requires the hack with zone.run() ?

home.html

<h2>Welcome to Ionic! {{myvariable}}</h2>

home.ts

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { NavController, Platform } from 'ionic-angular';
import { BLE } from '@ionic-native/ble';

@Component({
  selector: 'page-home',
  templateUrl: 'home.html'
})
export class HomePage {
  myvariable: number = 0;

  constructor(public navCtrl: NavController, public ble: BLE, platform: Platform) {
    platform.ready().then(() => {
      // start scanning
      this.ble.enable().then(
        () => {
          this.ble.startScanWithOptions([], {reportDuplicates: true}).subscribe(device => {
            // this will not update the UI
            this.myvariable++;           
            // this will work.
            //this._zone.run(() => this.myvariable++);
          });
        }).catch(() => {});
    });
  }
}

ionic info

global packages:

    @ionic/cli-utils : 1.2.0
    Cordova CLI      : 7.0.1
    Ionic CLI        : 3.2.0

local packages:

    @ionic/app-scripts              : 1.3.7
    @ionic/cli-plugin-cordova       : 1.2.1
    @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular : 1.2.0
    Cordova Platforms               : none
    Ionic Framework                 : ionic-angular 3.3.0

System:

    Node       : v6.10.3
    OS         : Windows 10
    Xcode      : not installed
    ios-deploy : not installed
    ios-sim    : not installed
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Thank you for reporting this problem, it still exists and I was able to solve it using this technique!

It’s either broken, or the docs need to be updated.

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Hi, I have the Same Problem with BLE and the Batterie Status Plugin! What is the Reason for that Issue?