How to enable/disable bluetooth programmatically in android
Android BluetoothAdapter docs say it has been available since API Level 5. API Level 5 is Android 2.0.
You can try using a backport of the Bluetooth API (have not tried it personally): http://code.google.com/p/backport-android-bluetooth/
Here is a bit more robust way of doing this, also handling the return values of enable()\disable()
methods:
public static boolean setBluetooth(boolean enable) {
BluetoothAdapter bluetoothAdapter = BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter();
boolean isEnabled = bluetoothAdapter.isEnabled();
if (enable && !isEnabled) {
return bluetoothAdapter.enable();
}
else if(!enable && isEnabled) {
return bluetoothAdapter.disable();
}
// No need to change bluetooth state
return true;
}
And add the following permissions into your manifest file:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN"/>
But remember these important points:
This is an asynchronous call: it will return immediately, and clients should listen for ACTION_STATE_CHANGED to be notified of subsequent adapter state changes. If this call returns true, then the adapter state will immediately transition from STATE_OFF to STATE_TURNING_ON, and some time later transition to either STATE_OFF or STATE_ON. If this call returns false then there was an immediate problem that will prevent the adapter from being turned on - such as Airplane mode, or the adapter is already turned on.
UPDATE:
Ok, so how to implement bluetooth listener?:
private final BroadcastReceiver mReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
final String action = intent.getAction();
if (action.equals(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_STATE_CHANGED)) {
final int state = intent.getIntExtra(BluetoothAdapter.EXTRA_STATE,
BluetoothAdapter.ERROR);
switch (state) {
case BluetoothAdapter.STATE_OFF:
// Bluetooth has been turned off;
break;
case BluetoothAdapter.STATE_TURNING_OFF:
// Bluetooth is turning off;
break;
case BluetoothAdapter.STATE_ON:
// Bluetooth is on
break;
case BluetoothAdapter.STATE_TURNING_ON:
// Bluetooth is turning on
break;
}
}
}
};
And how to register/unregister the receiver? (In your Activity
class)
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// ...
// Register for broadcasts on BluetoothAdapter state change
IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_STATE_CHANGED);
registerReceiver(mReceiver, filter);
}
@Override
public void onStop() {
super.onStop();
// ...
// Unregister broadcast listeners
unregisterReceiver(mReceiver);
}
this code worked for me..
//Disable bluetooth
BluetoothAdapter mBluetoothAdapter = BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter();
if (mBluetoothAdapter.isEnabled()) {
mBluetoothAdapter.disable();
}
For this to work, you must have the following permissions:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN"/>