getting BT name

[melamoud]

Hi,

I'm playing with the BluetoothAdmin class but I cant make it to work,
I do not understand how to get the DeviceFound event to work
I have this line in my Activity_Create where BTAdmin is of the right type
BTAdmin.Initialize("BTAdmin")

I have this defined but it never get called (even when BT is off, than on, and connected
Sub BTAdmin_DeviceFound (Name As String, MacAddress As String)

regardless I need to get the device name even if the app is running after the BT is connected is that possible ?

sorry for the beginner question.

thanks

 

[Erel]

Have you seen this tutorial: Android Bluetooth / BluetoothAdmin Tutorial

DeviceFound event is only raised during the discovery process. You should call admin.StartDiscovery.

You can find the names of paired devices with Serial.GetPairedDevices. You don't have access to BT devices connected by other apps.

 

[melamoud]

Configuration / state access

Thanks , I have looked at the tutorial, but what I'm looking for is not to connect to some device but to know what device is connected, just to know the name of it, I want to present the name of the connected device, I wrote such an application using tasker, but I want to build it in basic,

are you saying there is no access to such information ?

is this a permission issue ? or no one wrote the library that does that yet ?

thanks

 

[Erel]

What is "tasker"?

You can create an intent filter and listen to ACL_CONNECTED intent:
http://www.b4x.com/forum/basic4andr...ct-if-your-connected-bluetooth.html#post94360

 

[melamoud]

Tasker

Thanks, that sounds like what I need, I will play with it, thanks for the quick response.

tasker is a way to automate your phone
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&hl=en


and

Tasker for Android

 

[Mark Hollingworth]

You can find the names of paired devices with Serial.GetPairedDevices. You don't have access to BT devices connected by other apps.

Sorry for posting on an old thread but I have been searching the forum for an answer to my question but have not found a suitable answer and this was the first post I saw that came close to what I want to do. So just want to clarify your above comment.

I am trying to find a way for my app to be able to query a device name and address when it starts up if the device is already connected using the stock bluetooth connection (turn on bluetooth through android settings and select the device to connect to). I know I can do this with intents when a device connects, using a service and listening for the CONNECTED intent but if I stop the service then start it again the CONNECTED intent is not fired if the bluetooth device is already connected.

So I guess my question is can you get the details of a bluetooth device that is already connected when my app starts up?

 

[Erel]

Please start a new thread for this question.