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Pennas
Pennas

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Can I create an application in Mono for Android with Arduino?

Is it possible to create an application with Mono for Android and control Arduino without using Eclipse but using Visual Studio and C#?

I checked some examples but everyone uses Java and Eclipse.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1400

Answers (1)

Philippe Signoret
Philippe Signoret

Reputation: 14336

Simply put, the answer is yes, it is possible. The real question is: How? I'm going to assume you've already written you first Android app with Mono.

Next, you need to decide how you will connect your Android device to the Arduino. Bluetooth? Wi-Fi? Web?

Next, it's simply a matter of using the appropriate Android API. Check out the Xamarin documentation for Android.

Update

Much more than what I present below is available with the ported MonoDroid sample applications. Specifically, you would be interested in the BluetoothChat example.

Make sure you also take a look at adding permissions to the manifest file, and of course, the Android Developer Guide for Bluetooth.

That said, here's a tiny something to get you started, based on Android Quick Look: BluetoothAdapter:

txtStatus.Text = "Getting Bluetooth adapter...";
BluetoothAdapter bluetooth = BluetoothAdapter.DefaultAdapter;
if( bluetooth == null )
{
    txtStatus.Text = "No Bluetooth adapter found.";
    return;
}

txtStatus.Text = "Checking Bluetooth status...";
if (!bluetooth.IsEnabled )
{
    Toast.MakeText(this, "Bluetooth not enabled. Enabling...", 
        ToastLength.Short).Show();
    bluetooth.Enable();
}

if (bluetooth.State == State.On)
{
    txtStatus.Text = 
        "State: " + bluetooth.State + System.Environment.NewLine +
        "Address: " + bluetooth.Address + System.Environment.NewLine + 
        "Name: " + bluetooth.Name + System.Environment.NewLine; 
} 
else
{
    txtStatus.Text = "State: " + bluetooth.State;
}

Upvotes: 2

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