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stackOverFlew
stackOverFlew

Reputation: 1499

Bluetooth and iOS - what protocols/ profiles are supported?

I am developing an iOS bluetooth app that needs to pair with a peripheral device.

What frame work do I need to use to interact with a device that has support for the following protocols/profiles:

A2DP HFP HSP

Are either of these possible with an iOS device without being a member of the the MFI program?

How do I support these profiles: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT3647

Do I do that using corebluetooth?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9008

Answers (2)

Cliff Harris
Cliff Harris

Reputation: 754

There are two completely different methods of doing Bluetooth communications. One is with the classic Bluetooth profiles and the latest is using BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy).

Classic Bluetooth can be used with the ExternalAccessory framework and GameKit framework.

BLE uses CoreBluetooth.

The classic profiles supported are listed here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3647

Upvotes: 1

allprog
allprog

Reputation: 16780

These are standard profiles that are supported inherently by iOS. You don't need to add any software to make the phone work with these. At the same time apps running on the phone will have limited access to what device they can use or are using but for example the audio routing can be obtained.

All in all, as long as the device implements the profiles correctly, any application will be able to use it, not just yours.

Upvotes: 1

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