Questions tagged [android-bluetooth]
The Android bluetooth subsystem. May also refer to using bluetooth hardware in Android.
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How to reliably fetch and detect changes to the active audio route on Android?
I have a feature where I need to fetch current AND detect switch of the active audio output device of the system. Something like:
run app -> fetch current device (which might be embedded speakers)
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Android Companion device pairing: how to use REQUEST_COMPANION_RUN_IN_BACKGROUND permission?
I'm currently testing Android companion device pairing and I'm not sure how to benefit from the REQUEST_COMPANION_RUN_IN_BACKGROUND permission.
In one part of Google documentation is says:
After the ...
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BluetoothGattCallback never happening? Status = 0?
UPDATE: Question is irrelevant. Careful debugging showed that it was reaching the connection state change. I just need to learn more of the tools built into android-studio. Reading the GATT ...
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Check if user has granted access to nearby device permission
I am reading the documentation here for the Android Nearby Permission specially for Android 12. I want to check if the user has granted access to Nearby device permission programmatically. The ...
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TextToSpeech audio routed to phone speaker instead of bluetooth headset
I have an app that uses android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech.speak() to readout messages.
The messages are only supposed to be readout to a connected bluetooth headset. So before I call the speak method ...
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How can I enable the new Bluetooth A2DP Sink feature introduced in Lollipop?
I am attempting to modify the AOSP android image for Nexus 5 to include support for Bluetooth A2DP Sink. I've found that Google was nice enough to include a hidden build target for the Nexus 5.
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ANDROID: Is it possible to talk with a bluetooth headset like a walkie talkie?
Is it possible to write an Android application that let me use a paired bluetooth headset like a walkie talkie?
So I can talk on the phone's mic and another person can listen from the headset and he ...
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How to change Android 12 "neverForLocation" BLUETOOTH_SCAN permission flag at runtime
I am working on a Android application that uses bluetooth and I want to use the new Android 12 Bluetooth_SCAN and CONNECT permissions to remove the need for location permission using
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Device Bluetooth address in Oreo (8.1)
I need to obtain device's Bluetooth MAC address.
Before Android 6 it was easy as BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter().getAddress(). After that we had to use a simple workaround: String macAddress = ...
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Android BLE device scan with device name filter is not working
I am using device name filter to connect to a specific BLE device. But my scan call back is not executing. It works fine when I use MAC address as filter. Is this a known issue or bug? I am testing on ...
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Which way is better for reconnecting to BLE device? Use `autoConnect=true` or perform repetitive scan?
I have a BLE device which follows next forkflow: sleep until button (on device) is pressed -> Wake up and advertise for 60 seconds -> Wait until the phone ask for data -> send data -> close connection ...
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Transferring call from source Android phone to sink-audio development kit using Bluetooth?
I am trying to make an app in which I can transfer my call from Android phone (the source) to audio development kit (CSR 8670 Development-Kit as sink). I am able to transfer audio through A2DP profile ...
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Unpairing paired Bluetooth Device using reflection and calling "removeBond" method not working
I am using removeBond method from BluetoothDevice class to unpair the device since a long time. But in most of the xiaomi devices, this is not working.
Check below code I am using:
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Bluetooth 3.0 HS support in Android
I did not find any information about Bluetooth 3.0 HS support in Android. Is there any API for that? Is it supported at all?
I have an Android-based (4.1.2 with BlueZ stack) device with hardware ...
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Android BLE device receives results extremely irregularly
My beacon (SensorTag CC2541) is an advertiser broadcasting its information 10 times a second.
My Android app scans with a BluetoothLeScanner. Mostly the time between each scan result registered by my ...
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