I have been looking through the MSDN docs for Windows Store apps and the only thing I found that was close to Bluetooth was the Windows.Networking.Proximity. This appears to be a class whose use is only for close proximity ie within 3-4 centimeters. The app I am developing is on a HTML5/WinJS platform.
Is there a BluetoothSocket class like there is for android? For those store developers who are not familiar with Bluetooth on android essentially you create a Bluetooth Device member variable and populate that member with the device information, which is a native java call.
That will give you a list of paired devices, and you just open a Bluetooth socket to that device and then its the standard socket operations on a in/outstream for read/write.
Do I need to do the same thing and write a C++/CX version of this and add it as a Windows Component? The key thing here is that the device I'm connecting to treats the Bluetooth as a COM port, so all I need is a stable, reliable way to read/write to this device as if I were connected to a COM port.
Per this MSDN Forum article, there isn't a generalized Bluetooth stack available for Windows Store applications.
As the thread indicates, there is only a Bluetooth Call Control sample and
If a device manufacturer needs to use Bluetooth as part of their device, they can provide a driver and metadata for a Store app to use it.
Information here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464909.aspx