On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Alex Corbi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nick, > > Thanks for your answer. > > What i am trying to do is to detect when a bluetooth headset device > connect to the phone so my app can react to this event. > > is there an alternative?
For the requirement you stated there is no public API option. But maybe you can explain what your app wants to do when a BT headset connects, and I might know a better option. For example ACL_CONNECTED will tell you when a low level ACL connection is established and is part of the public API. > > Alex > > On Jan 11, 6:17 am, Nick Pelly <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Alex Corbi <[email protected]> wrote: >> > HI everybody, >> >> > im currently looking for the way that my app knows when the phone has >> > being paired and connected to a bluetooth headset device. >> >> > I read something about this intent, but not on the Reference >> > documentation ofhttp://developer.android.com >> >> > android.bluetooth.a2dp.intent.action.SINK_STATE_CHANGED >> >> > is this actually working, is it officially supported. >> >> > I mean, can we just register a broadcastreceiver to handle this >> > intent , check for the EXTRA_STATE string extra to see if it equals >> > STATE_CONNECTED and be sure that the phone is now connected with a >> > bluetooth headset device ??? >> >> > What about this BluetoothA2dpService class?? There is no official >> > documentation about this, everything i found i from code snippets of >> > the android OS source code. >> >> > What do you guys think about this? >> >> It's not part of the official Android API. So it is very dangerous to >> use, since it can (and probably will) break in a future OTA. It might >> not work at all on some Android devices, since Android devices are >> only required to implement the official API. >> >> There is currently no way to determine if a Bluetooth device is >> connected to the built-in Bluetooth headset service through the >> official API. >> >> If you can explain what you are trying to do, I might be able to >> suggest a better alternative? >> >> Nick > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >
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