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user2696656

Reputation: 21

Is it possible in Android to transmit broadcast mode in BLE?

Is it possible in Android to transmit broadcast mode in BLE ? And to add my own data on the transmission.

I know that BLE has a mode of transmiting in broadcast (not to a certain UUID). This way it has very short connection time, which is what I need.

I failed to find how to do it in Android. Any relevant link to the API ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3061

Answers (2)

Hassi
Hassi

Reputation: 120

The Android 5.0.X will only allow you to use the new API for BLE. This new API comes with a new feature, which you mentioned in your question: The possibility of advertising, from your own Android device, using it in Peripheral mode. However, the disadvantaged of this new feature is that it is hardware dependent.

Upvotes: 0

SashiOno
SashiOno

Reputation: 304

Look like the answer for android 4.3 and 4.4 is no.

Android 4.3 and 4.4 does not support BLE peripheral/broadcaster role

see https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=59693 and https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=58582

allow see this stackoverflow thread about the same issue

Android 4.3 as a Bluetooth LE Peripheral

Upvotes: 2

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