Read/write data to RFID card from Bluetooth (help with code)

Hello,
I'm trying to create a reader/writer of RFID cards from an android app created in MIT App Inventor.

I would like to read from this sector and send this string back with Bluetooth.

And when there is some data coming from Bluetooth (when I send a string from this android app), to write this string to this sector on the RFID card.

This string would be a number with leading zeros, with a length from 3 to 10 characters.
For example, 085 or maybe 00012345

I've found some code on how to read and write to a sector in the RFID card. But I'm stuck on what to do next.
I'm new to C/C++ if you could help me with this I would be grateful.

Here is the code that I have so far:

 
#include <SPI.h>
#include <MFRC522.h>
#include "BluetoothSerial.h"


#define SS_PIN 5
#define RST_PIN 22
/* Create an instance of MFRC522 */
MFRC522 mfrc522(SS_PIN, RST_PIN);
MFRC522::MIFARE_Key key;

#if !defined(CONFIG_BT_ENABLED) || !defined(CONFIG_BLUEDROID_ENABLED)
#error Bluetooth is not enabled! Please run `make menuconfig` to and enable it
#endif
BluetoothSerial SerialBT;



/**
 * Initialize.
 */
void setup() {
    Serial.begin(9600); // Initialize serial communications with the PC
    while (!Serial);    // Do nothing if no serial port is opened (added for Arduinos based on ATMEGA32U4)
    SPI.begin();        // Init SPI bus
    mfrc522.PCD_Init(); // Init MFRC522 card

    // Prepare the key (used both as key A and as key B)
    // using FFFFFFFFFFFFh which is the default at chip delivery from the factory
    for (byte i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
        key.keyByte[i] = 0xFF;
    }

  SerialBT.begin("RFIDReaderWriter"); //Bluetooth device name
}

/**
 * Main loop.
 */
void loop() {
    // Reset the loop if no new card present on the sensor/reader. This saves the entire process when idle.
    if ( ! mfrc522.PICC_IsNewCardPresent())
        return;

    // Select one of the cards
    if ( ! mfrc522.PICC_ReadCardSerial())
        return;

 
    // In this sample we use the second sector,
    // that is: sector #1, covering block #4 up to and including block #7
    byte sector         = 1;
    byte blockAddr      = 4;
    byte trailerBlock   = 7;
    MFRC522::StatusCode status;
    byte buffer[18];
    byte size = sizeof(buffer);

    // Authenticate using key A
    Serial.println(F("Authenticating using key A..."));
    status = (MFRC522::StatusCode) mfrc522.PCD_Authenticate(MFRC522::PICC_CMD_MF_AUTH_KEY_A, trailerBlock, &key, &(mfrc522.uid));
    if (status != MFRC522::STATUS_OK) {
        Serial.print(F("PCD_Authenticate() failed: "));
        Serial.println(mfrc522.GetStatusCodeName(status));
        return;
    }

 
    // Read data from the block
    Serial.print(F("Reading data from block ")); Serial.print(blockAddr);
    Serial.println(F(" ..."));
    status = (MFRC522::StatusCode) mfrc522.MIFARE_Read(blockAddr, buffer, &size);
    if (status != MFRC522::STATUS_OK) {
        Serial.print(F("MIFARE_Read() failed: "));
        Serial.println(mfrc522.GetStatusCodeName(status));
    }
    Serial.print(F("Data in block ")); Serial.print(blockAddr); Serial.println(F(":"));
    dump_byte_array(buffer, 16); Serial.println();
    Serial.println();


    // Authenticate using key B
    Serial.println(F("Authenticating again using key B..."));
    status = (MFRC522::StatusCode) mfrc522.PCD_Authenticate(MFRC522::PICC_CMD_MF_AUTH_KEY_B, trailerBlock, &key, &(mfrc522.uid));
    if (status != MFRC522::STATUS_OK) {
        Serial.print(F("PCD_Authenticate() failed: "));
        Serial.println(mfrc522.GetStatusCodeName(status));
        return;
    }


    // Write data to the block when got from the bluetooth

    byte dataBlock[]    = {"085            "}; // 16 characters max

    Serial.print(F("Writing data into block ")); Serial.print(blockAddr);
    Serial.println(F(" ..."));
    dump_byte_array(dataBlock, 16); Serial.println();
    status = (MFRC522::StatusCode) mfrc522.MIFARE_Write(blockAddr, dataBlock, 16);
    if (status != MFRC522::STATUS_OK) {
        Serial.print(F("MIFARE_Write() failed: "));
        Serial.println(mfrc522.GetStatusCodeName(status));
    }
    Serial.println();

    // Read data from the block (again, should now be what we have written)
    Serial.print(F("Reading data from block ")); Serial.print(blockAddr);
    Serial.println(F(" ..."));
    status = (MFRC522::StatusCode) mfrc522.MIFARE_Read(blockAddr, buffer, &size);
    if (status != MFRC522::STATUS_OK) {
        Serial.print(F("MIFARE_Read() failed: "));
        Serial.println(mfrc522.GetStatusCodeName(status));
    }
    Serial.print(F("Data in block ")); Serial.print(blockAddr); Serial.println(F(":"));
    dump_byte_array(buffer, 16); Serial.println();
   //String myString = String((char *)buffer);
   int n = sizeof(buffer);
   char chars[n + 1];
    memcpy(chars, buffer, n);
    //chars[n] = '\0';        // Null-terminate the string
    
    Serial.println(chars);
    
    // Check that data in block is what we have written
    // by counting the number of bytes that are equal
    Serial.println(F("Checking result..."));
    byte count = 0;
    for (byte i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
        // Compare buffer (= what we've read) with dataBlock (= what we've written)
        if (buffer[i] == dataBlock[i])
            count++;
    }
    Serial.print(F("Number of bytes that match = ")); Serial.println(count);
    if (count == 16) {
        Serial.println(F("Success :-)"));
    } else {
        Serial.println(F("Failure, no match :-("));
        Serial.println(F("  perhaps the write didn't work properly..."));
    }
    Serial.println();

 
    // Halt PICC
    mfrc522.PICC_HaltA();
    // Stop encryption on PCD
    mfrc522.PCD_StopCrypto1();
}

/**
 * Helper routine to dump a byte array as hex values to Serial.
 */
void dump_byte_array(byte *buffer, byte bufferSize) {
  char outputBuffer[18];
    for (byte i = 0; i < bufferSize; i++) {
        Serial.print(buffer[i] < 0x10 ? " 0" : " ");
        Serial.print(buffer[i], HEX);
  }
}

Your bluetooth is just another Serial port that you need to read/write. Read this tutorial to learn how to do it properly. Serial Input Basics - updated

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