I want start a service, when a specific bluetoothdevice is connected and stop this service when it's disconnected. Obviously I don't want to have a background service that is always checking if a BT device is connected, so I want to achieve this with a Receiver.
Is this actually possible? android.bluetooth.device.action.ACL_CONNECTED
is mentioned here, but apparently it didn't work.
Thanks!
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.bluetooth.device.action.ACL_CONNECTED" />
<action android:name="android.bluetooth.device.action.ACL_DISCONNECT_REQUESTED" />
<action android:name="android.bluetooth.device.action.ACL_DISCONNECTED" />
</intent-filter>
These are the filters you have to add with your broadcast receiver.
ACL_CONNECTED
signals when bluetooth is connected and ACL_DISCONNECTED
signals bluetooth disconnection
For specific device you have to check intents/context in broadcast receiver
The two permission you have to add are:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" />
I think this should solve your problem.